Usefulness of echocardiography in detecting left ventricular dysfunction in population-based studies (The Rotterdam Study)

A Mosterd; M C de Bruijne; A W Hoes; J W Deckers; A Hofman; D E Grobbee

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00691-1

Usefulness of echocardiography in detecting left ventricular dysfunction in population-based studies (The Rotterdam Study)

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jan 1;79(1):103-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00691-1.

Authors

A Mosterd¹, M C de Bruijne, A W Hoes, J W Deckers, A Hofman, D E Grobbee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 9024752
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00691-1

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Doppler*
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / epidemiology*