Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
(Last Updated - 5/12/2007)

-EKG Criteria:

     1) Sokolow-Lyon Criteria:
          -S-V1 + R-(V5 or V6) >= 35
          ->95% specific
          -45% sensitive

     2) Casale (Modified Cornell) Criteria:
          -R-aVL + S-V3 > 28 (men) or >20 (women)
          -more sensitive but less specific than Sokolow-Lyon criteria

     3) Talbot Criteria:
          -R-aVL >= 16
          >90% specific
          -not very sensitive

     4) Koito & Spodick Criteria:
          -R-V6 > R-V5
          -100% specificity
          ->50% sensitivity

     5) Hernandez Padial Criteria:
          -total 12-lead QRS voltage > 120


-Gold Standard For Diagnosis:
     -echocardiography

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References:

Hurst's: The Heart: Manual of Cardiology - 11th Edition - 2004. Chapter 2.