Sensitivity and specificity of commonly used EKG criterion to assess left ventricular hypertrophy in centenarians

Abhishek Sharma; Saurav Chatterjee; Vijay Sridhara Shetty; Edgar Lichstein

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.075

Sensitivity and specificity of commonly used EKG criterion to assess left ventricular hypertrophy in centenarians

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):3102-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.075. Epub 2013 May 2.

Authors

Abhishek Sharma¹, Saurav Chatterjee, Vijay Sridhara Shetty, Edgar Lichstein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States. Electronic address: abhisheksharma4mamc@gmail.com.

PMID: 23643419
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.075

No abstract available

Keywords: BP; CT; Centenarian; ECHO; EKG; Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; LVH; Left ventricle hypertrophy; MRI; blood pressure; computed tomography; electrocardiogram; left ventricular hypertrophy; magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged, 80 and over
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
Male
Sensitivity and Specificity