ECG is an inefficient screening-tool for left ventricular hypertrophy in normotensive African children population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a marker of pediatric hypertension and predicts development of cardiovascular events. Electrocardiography (ECG) screening is used in pediatrics to detect LVH thanks to major accessibility, reproducibility and easy to use compared to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), that remains the standard technique. Several diseases were previously investigated, but no data exists regarding our study population. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between electrocardiographic and echocardiographic criteria of LVH in normotensive African children.

Methods

We studied 313 children (mean age 7,8 ± 3 yo), in north-Madagascar. They underwent ECG and TTE. Sokolow-Lyon index was calculated to identify ECG-LVH (>35 mm). Left ve

SUBMITTER: Di Gioia G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018662 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature