Questionable validity of left ventricular hypertrophy cutoff values in morbidly and super-morbidly obese patients.

Justyna Domienik-KarłowiczZuzanna RymarczykWojciech LisikKatarzyna KurnickaMichał CiurzyńskiMaksymilian BieleckiMaciej KosieradzkiPiotr Pruszczyk

Published in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2018)

Our study confirmed that none of the currently used voltage-based ECG criteria is appropriate for diagnosing LVH in morbidly obese patients. Further studies are required.

Keyphrases

coronary artery disease
obese patients
bariatric surgery
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
percutaneous coronary intervention
left ventricular
aortic stenosis
weight loss
acute myocardial infarction
heart failure
heart rate variability
heart rate
mitral valve
left atrial
case control
aortic valve