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Review
. 2016 Apr;9(4):e003629.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003629.

Clinical Diagnosis of Electrical Versus Anatomic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications

Aapo L Aro  1 , Sumeet S Chugh  2
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Review

Clinical Diagnosis of Electrical Versus Anatomic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications

Aapo L Aro et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: death, sudden, cardiac; echocardiography; electrocardiography; hypertrophy, left ventricular; mortality.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Evidence suggesting that anatomic vs electric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is distinct entities that not only can overlap but also have independent effects on outcomes. A (adapted from Sundström et al with permission of the publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright © 2001), risk of mortality associated with and without ECG LVH (Cornell product criteria, ECG+/ECG−) and echocardiographic LVH (echo+/echo−). B (adapted from Narayanan et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the relatively small overlap between echo and ECG LVH among cases that suffered sudden cardiac death. C (adapted from Chrispin et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the independent effects of ECG LVH on increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) even when adjusted for anatomic LVH.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Evidence suggesting that anatomic vs electric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is distinct entities that not only can overlap but also have independent effects on outcomes. A (adapted from Sundström et al with permission of the publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright © 2001), risk of mortality associated with and without ECG LVH (Cornell product criteria, ECG+/ECG−) and echocardiographic LVH (echo+/echo−). B (adapted from Narayanan et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the relatively small overlap between echo and ECG LVH among cases that suffered sudden cardiac death. C (adapted from Chrispin et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the independent effects of ECG LVH on increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) even when adjusted for anatomic LVH.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Evidence suggesting that anatomic vs electric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is distinct entities that not only can overlap but also have independent effects on outcomes. A (adapted from Sundström et al with permission of the publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright © 2001), risk of mortality associated with and without ECG LVH (Cornell product criteria, ECG+/ECG−) and echocardiographic LVH (echo+/echo−). B (adapted from Narayanan et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the relatively small overlap between echo and ECG LVH among cases that suffered sudden cardiac death. C (adapted from Chrispin et al with permission of the publisher Elsevier. Copyright © 2001), the independent effects of ECG LVH on increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) even when adjusted for anatomic LVH.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Consequences and mechanisms of anatomic vs electrical LVH.
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