Concordancia entre observadores en el diagnóstico electrocardiográfico de la hipertrofia ventricular izquierda en hipertensos de Andalucía. Estudio PREHVIA

Abstract

The agreement between the diagnosis by the PC doctors and the cardiologist was low. The implications of this study suggest the need to improve the reading of ECG among PC doctors. The use of computerised systems could be a good option.

Accuracy of general practitioners’ readings of ECG in primary care

“…Sample size was calculated on a minimum of 151 tests, providing values for sensitivity of 67.5% [2,5,11], and prevalence of abnormalities of 9.3% for a confidence interval of 95% and a maximum error of 3.5%.…”