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Criteria for the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiomyopathy that predominantly affects the right ventricle. With a prevalence in the range of 1:5000 to 1:2000 persons, ARVC is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death in young people and in athletes. Continue reading “Criteria for the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)”

Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)

Sokolow-Lyon index:

There are two criteria with these widely used indices:

* Sum of S wave in V1 and R wave in V5 or V6 >/= 3.5 mV (35 mm)

and/or

* R wave in aVL >/= 1.1 mV (11 mm)

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