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(Circulation. 1958;17:255.)
© 1958 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Reliability of Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

ARTHUR SELZER M.D.¹; CARL L. EBNOTHER M.D.¹; PETER PACKARD M.D.¹; ARTHUR O. STONE M.D.¹; JOHN E. QUINN M.D.¹

¹ From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, San Francisco, Calif.

This is an electrocardiographic-pathologic study in which presence and degree of left ventricular hypertrophy found at necropsy were correlated with electrocardiographic abnormalities suggesting the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy. The nonspecificity of some electrocardiographic findings is emphasized by the occasional erroneous diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy.

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