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Improvements in ECG accuracy for diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in obesity
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Objectives
The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most commonly used tool to screen for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and yet current diagnostic criteria are insensitive in modern increasingly overweight society. We propose a simple adjustment to improve diagnostic accuracy in different body weights and improve the sensitivity of this universally available technique.
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The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most commonly used tool to screen for left ventricular...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309201
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Heart Journal website
- Volume:
- 102
- Issue:
- 19
- Pages:
- 1566-1572
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-04-25
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1468-201X
- Source identifiers:
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619524
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- pubs:619524
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- 2016-05-06
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- Copyright holder:
- Rider et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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