Prognostic Significance of the Ratio of Left Ventricular Myocardial Parameters According to Echocardiography and Electrocardiography Data

Abstract

The comparison of the variability of left ventricular mass (LVM) calculated from echocardiography, conventional and signal-averaged ECG and evaluation of the effectiveness of these methods in the detection of the LVM changes during antihypertensive therapy were performed. It was found that the reproducibility of the signal-averaged ECG method of LVM calculation is significantly higher than the conventional one and echocardiography. The use of this method in clinical practice can provide reliability of individualized assessment of LVM changes on single examination and during follow-up.