Signal-averaged electrocardiography in elderly subjects with and without heart disease.

Prevalence of abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiography in normal populations appears to be low, but has not been studied previously in an asymptomatic elderly population. To study the prevalence of abnormal ventricular late potentials in an elderly population, a group of 51 subjects with no evid...

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Publicado en:Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 166 - 172
Autores principales: Mercando AD, Aronow WS, Epstein S, Fishbach M
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb1994
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          Electrocardiography Methods
          Heart Diseases Physiopathology
          Heart Physiology
          Action Potentials Physiology
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Physiopathology
          Extrasystole Physiopathology
          Female
          Heart Valve Diseases Physiopathology
          Heart Ventricle
          Hypertension Physiopathology
          Male
          Middle Age
          Myocardial Ischemia Physiopathology
          Prospective Studies
          Stroke Volume Physiology
          Tachycardia, Ventricular Physiopathology
          Human
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: Prevalence of abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiography in normal populations appears to be low, but has not been studied previously in an asymptomatic elderly population. To study the prevalence of abnormal ventricular late potentials in an elderly population, a group of 51 subjects with no evidence of cardiac disease and ranging in age from 62 to 102 years underwent signal-averaged electrocardiography. Results were compared to a group of 179 patients similar in age but with complex ventricular arrhythmias, and to a group of 25 asymptomatic volunteers under the age of 50. The prevalence of an abnormal signal-averaged ECG was 14% in the normal elderly subjects, and 31% in the patients (P = 0.01), and 4% in the young subjects (P = NS). We conclude that the prevalence of abnormal ventricular late potentials in elderly patients without heart disease is similar to levels reported in other populations of normal controls, but elderly patients with cardiac disease have a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal signal-averaged EGG studies than the normals.
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