The relationship between electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy criteria and echocardiographic mass in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

摘要

Introduction: Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is a common valvular disease among the elderly, Often, AS leads to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and symptoms of heart failure. Severe AS can be treated by transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Previous studies have shown that electrocardiogram (ECG) criteria for LVH correlate poorly with left ventricular mass (LVM) in echocardiography. However, such correlations have not been studied in TAVR patients. Aims: To evaluate ECG LVH criteria as a method of diagnosing and quantifying LVH in patients with AS undergoing TAVR.