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      Effect of Subadipose Tissue on the Variables of Signal-Averaged Electrocardiograms in Healthy Subjects

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          Ventricular late potentials are obtained by signal averaging of surface electrocardiograms. Late potentials have been reported to be affected by body size or left ventricular mass. However, the effect of subadipose tissue, which is known to influence QRS amplitudes of surface ECG, on the variables of late potentials has not been evaluated. The relationships between the variables of late potentials and various obesity indices were assessed in 45 men, aged 24-38 years, without structural heart disease and bundle branch blocks. QRS duration, root mean square voltage in the last 40 ms and low-amplitude signals < 40 µV were obtained by signal-averaged ECG. Left ventricular mass was determined by echocardiogra-phy. QRS duration and root mean square voltage had no correlation with body height, weight, body mass index, sum of skin folds (triceps and subscapular) or left ventricular mass. Positive linear correlations were found between low-amplitude signals and weight (r = 0.48, p < 0.002) body mass index (r = 0.54, p < 0.002), sum of skin folds ( r = 0.57, p < 0.002), percent body mass index (r = 0.54, p < 0.002). Subadipose tissue may shift the onset of the 40-µV point of low-amplitude signals to the left with a consequent prolongation of low-amplitude signals by attenuation of the QRS complex. These data suggest that the use of low-amplitude signals alone or as a combination in an obese population for the definition of positive late potentials is inappropriate. The low-amplitude signal has to be used with caution in obese patients. In an obese population, the definition for normal for low-amplitude signals may need revision.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1993
          1993
          14 November 2008
          : 82
          : 1
          : 51-55
          Affiliations
          Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
          Article
          175854 Cardiology 1993;82:51–55
          10.1159/000175854
          8519010
          468cc219-487a-4b63-8741-1c4a1b8bd1fe
          © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 13 November 1992
          : 20 November 1992
          Page count
          Pages: 5
          Categories
          Diagnostic Cardiology

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Obesity,Signal-averaged electrocardiography

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