title: Effect of serum albumin on QRS wave amplitude in patients free of heart disease.
abstract: We studied 193 patients free of heart disease to determine the relation between QRS amplitude and serum albumin. Although there were no significant differences in echocardiographic indexes between the 2 groups, albumin (35.1 +/- 4.3 vs 40.1 +/- 3.2 g/L) and colloid osmotic pressure (21 +/- 4 vs 24 +/- 3 mm Hg) were significantly lower in patients with low voltages compared with those without. Moreover, there was a good relation (r = 0.78) between change in QRS amplitude and change in albumin concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Fumiyasu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D012016:Reference Values; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000502:physiology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin