Correlation between the Electrocardiographic ST-T Changes and Echocardiographic Changes in Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease.
10.4070/kcj.1984.14.2.295
- Author:
Chung Gu CHO
;
Chull Woo KIM
;
Yang Kyu PARK
;
Ock Kyu PARK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Dilatation;
Echocardiography*;
Electrocardiography*;
Heart Diseases*;
Heart*;
Humans;
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular;
Myocardium
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1984;14(2):295-300
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
On the basis of the electrocardiographic ST-T changes, 46 patients with hypertensive heart disease were evaluated with echocardiography and classified into three groups; Those without any ST-T changes(group I, 6 patients) ; those with various nonspecific ST-T changes(group II, 20 patient); and those with full-blown LVh strain pattern (group III, 20 patients). In group III, left ventricular posterior wall thickness (p<0.01). interventricular septal thickness(p<0.05) and cardiac muscle mass(p<0.02) increased significantly and end-systolic dimension(p<0.05), relative wall thickness(p<0.02) also in creased significantly but ejection fraction decreased significantly (p<0.05). These results suggest that LVH strain pattern is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy or thickening, left ventricular dilatation and/or functional deterioration and that left ventricular wall thickness increase progressively even in the stage of LVH strain pattern on electrocardiogram.
