Adding BMI to Electrocardiographic Criteria improves Accuracy of Predicting Left Ventricular Mass in Football Athletes

Electrocardiographic (ECG) measurements are commonly used to diagnose left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in men, yet the validity of this practice has seldom been appraised in American-style football (ASF) athletes. PURPOSE: Evaluate the accuracy of five commonly used ECG criteria for LV hypertrophy – Murphy (AJC, 1984), Sokolow (AHJ, 1949), Gruber (Arch Intern Med, 1943), Cornell (Casale, JACC, 1985), and Cornell voltage-duration product (C-VDP)...