Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Jan 2008)
Revisão dos critérios de Sokolow-Lyon-Rappaport e cornell para hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo Revision of the Sokolow-Lyon-Rappaport and cornell voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy
Abstract
FUNDAMENTO: A hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo (HVE) detectada pela eletrocardiografia é um forte preditor de morbidade e mortalidade cardiovasculares. OBJETIVO: Analisar o desempenho dos critérios de Sokolow-Lyon-Rappaport (SLR) e de Cornell, em amostra populacional, em relação ao diagnóstico de HVE à ecocardiografia. MÉTODOS: Entre os 682 participantes da segunda fase do Projeto MONICA-OMS/Vitória, 641 foram avaliados por meio de eletrocardiografia e ecocardiografia. O subgrupo de indivíduos saudáveis (n = 269) foi usado para gerar valores de referência da massa do ventrículo esquerdo (MVE). As sensibilidades e especificidades dos critérios eletrocardiográficos foram determinadas pela curva ROC (receptor-operator characteristics) em relação ao diagnóstico de HVE definido pelo critério ecocardiográfico interno (MVE > 48 g/m2,7 e 46 g/m2,7 para homens e mulheres, respectivamente). RESULTADOS: A prevalência de HVE à ecocardiografia foi de 23,7% na amostra global, em que havia 49% de hipertensos. O critério de Cornell apresentou melhor associação com a MVE estimada pela ecocardiografia (r = 0,37; p BACKGROUND: Electrocardiographically-detected left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: To assess the performance of the Sokolow-Lyon-Rappaport (SLR) and Cornell voltage criteria in a population sample regarding the diagnosis of LVH on echocardiogram (ECHO). METHODS: A total of 641 out of the 682 participants of the second phase of the MONICA-Vitória project were assessed using electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. A subgroup of healthy individuals (n=269) was used to generate reference values of LV mass (LVM). Sensitivities and specificities of the electrocardiographic criteria were determined by the ROC (receptor-operator characteristics) curve in relation to the diagnosis of LVH, as defined by the internal echocardiographic criterion (LVM > 48 and 46 g/m2.7 for males and females, respectively). RESULTS: The prevalence of LVH as detected by ECHO was 23.7% in the total sample, in which 49% of the individuals were hypertensive. The Cornell criterion showed a better association with the LVM as estimated by ECHO (r= 0.37, p < 0.01) than the SLR criterion (r= 0.19) as well as a better performance in the analysis of the area under the ROC curve. The new cut-off points for the internally-defined Cornell voltage criterion (2.3 mV for males and 1.9 mV for females) showed an acceptable combination of sensitivity (22.5 and 28% for males and females, respectively), with a high specificity (95%). CONLUSION: The classic SLR and Cornell voltage criteria showed a low performance in relation to LVH as detected by the ECHO. However, this accuracy may be improved by using the Cornell voltage criteria defined in the present study.
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