Why the study?
Does echocardiography provide better diagnostic accuracy for right ventricular hypertrophy compared to ECG in adult patients?
Population
248 adult patients evaluated for right ventricular hypertrophy
Comparison
Echocardiographic measurement of right… vs Electrocardiography (ECG) and necropsy findings
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Echocardiography may outperform ECG for RVH diagnosis; leaves open prospective validation in living patients before practice change.
Does echocardiography provide better diagnostic accuracy for right ventricular hypertrophy compared to ECG in adult patients?
Echocardiographic measurement of right ventricular wall thickness is significantly more sensitive than ECG for diagnosing right ventricular hypertrophy in adults.
Ravi Prakash (1981) studied this question.
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