Hellenic J Cardiol 2010; 51: 391-401
Original Research Correlation Between Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Mass Index and Electrocardiographic Variables Used in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Criteria in Chinese Hypertensive Patients Liangdi Xie, Zili Wang Fujian Hypertension Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Key words: Left ventricular mass index, left ventricular hypertrophy, echocardiography, electrocardiography.
Manuscript received: January 1, 2010; Accepted: April 19, 2010.
Address: Liangde Xie Fujian Hypertension Research Institute The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 20# Chazhong Road, Fuzhou City P.R.China, 350005 e-mail:
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Introduction: We investigated the association between echocardiographic (Echo) left ventricular mass (LVM) indexed to body surface area (LVM/BSA) or height2.7 (LVM/H2.7) and electrocardiographic (ECG) variables in 546 Chinese hypertensives. Methods: The study group was stratified by gender and by BMI into obese (BMI ≥28 kg/m2), overweight (BMI ≥24 kg/m2 and BMI
