Background: Abnormal resting electrocardiogram (ECG) findings have been strongly associated with subsequent increase in all cause CAD and CVD mortality. The abnormalities are defined as either major or minor based on the different criteria. Minor and major abnormalities have been correlated with increasing risk for CAD events and mortality. Moderately elevated cholesterol levels found in the ma...

Studies have shown that low forced vital capacity (LFVC) is associated with atherosclerosis. However, it is unclear whether LFVC is associated with resting electrocardiographic ST-T abnormalities, a common finding that is prognostic for cardiovascular events. Therefore, pulmonary functions, ST-T abnormalities defined with Minnesota Code, and cardiometabolic risk factors were examined in a cross...

Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of the connective tissues, resulting in abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system and eyes. It has a prevalence of 1 in 100,000 population and occurs in all ethnic groups. It may be familial or due to new mutation (30%), in the fibrillin gene on arm of chromosome 15. It is estimated that one person in every 3000 to 5000 ...

BACKGROUND Resting ischemic electrocardiographic abnormalities have been associated with cardiovascular mortality. Simple markers of abnormal autonomic tone have also been associated with diabetes, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in some populations. Data on these electrocardiographic abnormalities and correlations with coronary risk factors are lacking among Mexican Americans wherein these...

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is generally used for diagnosis of cardiovascular abnormalities and disorders. An efficient method for analysing the ECG signal towards the detection of heart rate (HR) and ischemic episodes follows mainly five stages: pre-processing, feature extraction, heart rate detection, beat classification and ischemic episode recognition. The heart rate is calculated using the ext...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities have been strongly associated with cardiovascular disease mortality. Little is known, however, about the association between individual components of metabolic syndrome and ECG abnormalities, especially in Asian populations. METHODS We examined clinical and laboratory data from 31,399 subjects (age 20 to 89 years) who underwent med...

Background: Children and adolescents should be encouraged to participate in sports; however, physicians screen for cardiac abnormalities that can lead sudden death. The European Society of Cardiology, the Brazilian Cardiology Sports Medicine indicate performing an electrocardiogram (ECG) evaluating athletes, while American Heart Association indicates complementary exams only when there is a per...

This study examines the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in adolescents with SVD (syndrome of vegetative dystonia), focusing on influence perinatal pathology gender differences. A total 243 aged 12-18 clinically laboratory-instrumentally confirmed autonomic nervous system dysfunction were assessed. The findings revealed that cardiac abnormalities more frequently observed who had a history...

Increased arterial stiffness has been shown to predict cardiovascular mortality in patients with primary hypertension. Asymptomatic organ damage is known to precede cardiovascular events. We investigated the relationship between a recently proposed index of stiffness derived from ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and target organ damage in 188 untreated patients with primary hypertension. Ambulato...