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Cho, Kim, Park, and Park: Correlation between the Electrocardiographic ST-T Changes and Echocardiographic Changes in Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease
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Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 1984; 14(2): 295-300.

Published online: 31 December 1984

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1984.14.2.295

Correlation between the Electrocardiographic ST-T Changes and Echocardiographic Changes in Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease

Chung Gu Cho, M.D., Chull Woo Kim, M.D., Yang Kyu Park, M.D., Ock Kyu Park, M.D.

Copyright © 1984 The Korean Society of Circulation

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Abstract

On the basis of the electrocardiographic ST-T changes, 46 patients with hypertensive heart disease were evaluated with echocardiography and classified into three groups; Those without any ST-T changes(group I, 6 patients) ; those with various nonspecific ST-T changes(group II, 20 patient); and those with full-blown LVh strain pattern (group III, 20 patients).
In group III, left ventricular posterior wall thickness (p<0.01). interventricular septal thickness(p<0.05) and cardiac muscle mass(p<0.02) increased significantly and end-systolic dimension(p<0.05), relative wall thickness(p<0.02) also in creased significantly but ejection fraction decreased significantly (p<0.05).
These results suggest that LVH strain pattern is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy or thickening, left ventricular dilatation and/or functional deterioration and that left ventricular wall thickness increase progressively even in the stage of LVH strain pattern on electrocardiogram.

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