Left axis deviation in electrocardiogram with normal QRS duration in ambulatory adults without cardiac symptoms: a possible marker of glucose intolerance
- Resource Type
- Authors
- M.R. Bajracharya; Amar Paudyal; Buddha Bahadur Karki; Amita Pradhan; Madhur Dev Bhattarai; Alark Devkota Rajouria
- Source
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 52, Iss 192 (2013)
- Subject
- Adult
Blood Glucose
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Blood lipids
QRS complex
Electrocardiography
Heart Conduction System
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Glucose Intolerance
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
lcsh:R5-920
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Endocrinology
Blood pressure
Ambulatory
Asymptomatic Diseases
Cardiology
cardiovascular system
Left axis deviation
Female
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
circulatory and respiratory physiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-2715
Introduction: We are increasingly noticing isolated left axis deviation (LAD) in electrocardiogram in younger people with diabetes without obvious heart disease and association of LAD with glucose intolerance has not been explicitly raised before. We planned a study of ambulatory adults with borderline (0o to –30o) and moderate-to-marked (