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Usefulness of echocardiography in detecting left ventricular dysfunction in population-based studies (The Rotterdam
A Mosterd1, M C de Bruijne, A W Hoes
1Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In a population-based study, the routine 12-lead electrocardiogram was found to have a high negative predictive value for detecting left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Withholding echocardiography in persons without major electrocardiographic abnormalities, however, would result in a considerable underestimation of LV systolic dysfunction (sensitivity only 54%); thus, echocardiography remains an essential tool for detecting LV systolic dysfunction in population-based studies.