Electrocardiography for the detection of left ventricular hypertrophy in an elderly population with long-standing hypertension in primary care: a secondary analysis of the CHELLO cohort study.
Josephine Madeleine Louise de Hartog-KeyzerSaloua El MessaoudiRalf HarskampPriya VartLianne RingoirVictor PopRobin NijveldtPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Asymptomatic primary care patients with long-standing hypertension have a high prevalence of previously undetected LVH, which increases with age. ECG is inadequate for detecting LVH in these patients. Early detection of LVH could potentially create more awareness for the optimal regulation of hypertension and compliance to therapy. Therefore, echocardiography should be considered a screening device for the detection of LVH in this population.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- blood pressure
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- real time pcr
- heart rate
- label free
- prognostic factors
- acute myocardial infarction
- pulmonary hypertension
- stem cells
- aortic stenosis
- middle aged
- peritoneal dialysis
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- community dwelling
- cell therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation
- patient reported