Evaluation of Clinically Significant Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Normal Electrocardiogram using Transthoracic Electrocardiography
Hameed A. Alhibaly, Hameed Hussein Al-jameel, Ban Waheed Hussein Bdair , Satar Jabbar Rahi Al-Graittee
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Hameed A. Alhibaly
,
Hameed Hussein Al-Jameel
,
Ban Waheed Hussein Bdair
,
Satar Jabbar Rahi Algraittee
Abstract
Abstract-Cardiac abnormalities have been suspected and identified using transthoracic echocardiography in patients with normal electrocardiographic results have been reported. It is however not clear whether these abnormalities are clinically significant or can lead to change in clinical management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical significance of cardiac abnormalities found in patients with normal electrocardiographic results. Transthoracic echocardiography was conducted on outpatients on referral despite having normal electrocardiographic results. Clinical symptoms were identified and parameters such as BMI, smoking status, blood pressure, blood glucose levels and hypercholesterolemia status were evaluated. The data obtained from these parameters were compared with findings of cardiac abnormalities in the patients. Out of 552 patients analysed with mean age of 50.53±15.04 years, 412 representing 74% had abnormalities in their transthoracic echocardiographic reports. Significant majority of active smoking patients (82.2%) had cardiac abnormalities. The major findings were valvular heart disease observed in 123 patients, grade I and II diastolic dysfunction in 85 patients, hypertensive heart disease in 76 patients and non-significant valve disease reported in 50 patients.
The common symptoms included atypical chest pain, shortness of breath and epigastric pain. Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus were observed among patients with abnormal transthoracic echocardiographic reports. There is high prevalence of clinically significant cardiac abnormalities evaluated using transthoracic echocardiography in patients with normal electrocardiographic results. These cardiac abnormalities are associated with symptoms and cardio-metabolic disease, hence might warrant change in clinical management.
Keywords: Transthoracic, echocardiography, Cardiac abnormalities, Cardio-metabolic diseases, Structural heart disease.
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50. Vijayalakshmi I. Pregnancy with Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation and Cardiac Failure. Ward Rounds in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2018:71.
51. Zhang W, Zhou Y, Bai B, Yu S, Xiong J, Chi C, et al. Consistency of left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed by electrocardiography and echocardiography: the northern shanghai study. Clinical interventions in aging. 2019;14:549.
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53. Bacha F, Gidding SS. Cardiac abnormalities in youth with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Current diabetes reports. 2016;16(7):62.
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55. Fumery M, Antakly Y, Garcon P, Abassade P, Boileve V, Rovani M, et al. Systematic echo-doppler screening identifies subtle structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus without documented cardio vascular disease: DIACAR a prospective study. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements. 2020;12(1):159-60.
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2. Otto CM, Schwaegler RG, Freeman RV, Linefsky J. Echocardiography Review Guide E-Book: Companion to the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2019.
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20. Roth AR, Lazris A, Ganatra S. Overuse of cardiac testing. American family physician. 2018;98(10):561-3.
21. Gomez Polo J, Higueras Nafria J, Martinez Losas P, Godoy C, Palacios Rubio J, Vilchez Tschischke J, et al. Electrocardiogram interpretation at first medical contact in asymptomatic patients: The tip of the iceberg. 2016.
22. Kerkhof DL, Gleason CN, Basilico FC, Corrado GD. Is there a role for limited echocardiography during the Preparticipation physical examination? PM&R. 2016;8:S36-S44.
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26. Prajna GS, Rao SKM, Devi GS. A STUDY ON ECG CHANGES IN DIABETIC PATIENTS AND ITS RELATION TO CARDIAC DYSAUTONOMIA. International Journal of Scientific Research. 2019;8(11).
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28. Rodicio MM, de Miguel VD, Jiménez MG, Guldrís SC, Franco MML, Gestal AE, et al. Early cardiac abnormalities in obese children and their relationship with adiposity. Nutrition. 2018;46:83-9.
29. Zhao H, Ma J, Zhou Q, Chen W, Zhu W, Cai Z, et al. Investigating the differences of body mass index and waist circumference in the follow-up assessment of patients to cardiac rehabilitation with acute coronary syndrome. Australasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine. 2016;39(4):1007-27.
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42. Roslan A, Kamsani SH, Koh HB, Tey YS, Leong K, Tham CH, et al. Diastolic dysfunction grading, echocardiographic and electrocardiogram findings in 50 patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Med J Malaysia. 2019;74(6):521.
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44. Khalique OK, Bello NA. Are We Getting Closer to the HEART of Hypertensive Heart Disease? : Am Heart Assoc; 2019.
45. Dubey T, Paithankar U, Yadav B. Correlation of echocardiographic left ventricular mass index and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy variables. Int J Contemp Med Res. 2016;3:1287-9.
46. Wilkinson IB, Raine T, Hall C, Wiles K, Goodhart A, O'Neill H. Oxford handbook of clinical medicine: Oxford University Press; 2017.
47. Esfehani RJ, Hosseini S, Ebrahimi M, Jalalyazdi M, Gharaee AM. Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery Presenting with Atypical Chest Pain in an Adult: A Case Report. The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center. 2017;12(3):128.
48. Sherazi MH. Common Cardiovascular Symptoms for the Objective Structured Clinical Examination. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination Review. 2018:111.
49. Li T, Han J, Li Y, Gao S, Hao X, He Y. Diagnosis of double‐chambered left ventricle by echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: A rare case in an adult. Echocardiography. 2020.
50. Vijayalakshmi I. Pregnancy with Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation and Cardiac Failure. Ward Rounds in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2018:71.
51. Zhang W, Zhou Y, Bai B, Yu S, Xiong J, Chi C, et al. Consistency of left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed by electrocardiography and echocardiography: the northern shanghai study. Clinical interventions in aging. 2019;14:549.
52. Waligóra M, Tyrka A, Miszalski-Jamka T, Urbańczyk-Zawadzka M, Podolec P, Kopeć G. Right atrium enlargement predicts clinically significant supraventricular arrhythmia in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Heart & Lung. 2018;47(3):237-42.
53. Bacha F, Gidding SS. Cardiac abnormalities in youth with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Current diabetes reports. 2016;16(7):62.
54. Haley JE, Urbina EM. Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease. Insulin Resistance: Springer; 2020. p. 195-205.
55. Fumery M, Antakly Y, Garcon P, Abassade P, Boileve V, Rovani M, et al. Systematic echo-doppler screening identifies subtle structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus without documented cardio vascular disease: DIACAR a prospective study. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements. 2020;12(1):159-60.
56. Jia G, Hill MA, Sowers JR. Diabetic cardiomyopathy: an update of mechanisms contributing to this clinical entity. Circulation research. 2018;122(4):624-38.
57. Luo Y, Zheng M, Zhang Y, He S, Zhang L, Sun H, et al. Familial hypercholesterolemia with early coronary atherosclerotic heart disease: A case report. Experimental and therapeutic medicine. 2019;18(2):981-6.
58. Ganjali S, Momtazi AA, Banach M, Kovanen PT, Stein EA, Sahebkar A. HDL abnormalities in familial hypercholesterolemia: Focus on biological functions. Progress in lipid research. 2017;67:16-26.
59. Akashi M, Matsumura R, Matsuo T, Kubo Y, Komoda H, Node K. Hypercholesterolemia causes circadian {Akashi, 2017 #718}dysfunction: A potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. EBioMedicine. 2017;20:127-36.
60. Calborean V, Miscoci SA, Istratoaie O, Galceava O, Alexandru DO, Guta MM, et al. Correlation Between Liver Cirrhosis and Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Rev Chim (Bucharest). 2018;69:1527-32.
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A. Alhibaly H, Hussein Al-Jameel H, Hussein Bdair BW, Jabbar Rahi Algraittee S. Evaluation of Clinically Significant Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Normal Electrocardiogram using Transthoracic Electrocardiography. Acta Med Iran. 2021;59(2):97-107.
