Application of left ventricular myocardial indicator in the diagnosis
- Author:
Bao Bui Hoang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension
- MeSH:
Hypertension;
Diagnosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):42-44
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The number of people identified as having hypertension continues to increase and most of them have left ventricular hypertrophy - an earlies complication and also being a risk factor of heart disease. In clinical practise in Cardiovascular Department, Hue Central hospital, until now, diagnosis LVH depends on ECG so it miss many cases as having a real LVH. This is the first time, we use echocardiography to diagnose LVH in patients with hypertension by using LVMI. In 56 cases of hypertension we found a larger number of LVH by using LVMI than by ECG (41 cases V¬s 22 cases - p<0.01) This is an method in diagnosis LVH
