DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY WITH ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS

Abstract

Source of Funding: Self Conflicts of interest: None DOI: 10.16965/ijims.2018.114 Introduction: Electrocardiography (ECG) is relatively insensitive and cannot accurately quantitative the severity of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Echocardiography has revolutionized the diagnosis of LVH because echocardiographic evidence of LVH occurs in 30 to 40 percent of hypertensive patients whose ECG and chest Xray are normal. Keeping in view the importance of detecting LVH in cases of hypertension, this study is conducted to see the correlation of electrocardiographic diagnosis of LVH with echocardiography among the local population in cases of hypertension.