title: Second statement of the working group on electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy.
abstract: The Working Group on Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, appointed by the Editor of the Journal of Electrocardiology, presents the alternative conceptual model for the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is stressed that ECG is a record of electrical events, not of mechanical events and/ or anatomical characteristics. Considering the electrical characteristics of pathologically changed myocardium should lead to better understanding and improved clinical usefulness of the ECH in the clinical diagnosis of LVH.
authors.affiliation: International Laser Center, Bratislava, Slovakia. bacharova@ilc.sk
authors.forename: Ljuba
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bacharova
authors.forename: E Harvey
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Estes
authors.forename: Lia E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rowlandson
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schillaci
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008962:Models, Theoretical