Alpert M A, Terry B E, Cohen M V, Fan T M, Painter J A, Massey C V
Division of Cardiology, University of South Alabama, Medical Center, Mobile 36617, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 2000 Apr 1;85(7):908-10, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00894-2.
Electrocardiographic variables that occurred with significantly higher frequency in morbidly obese patients than in lean controls were low QRS voltage, leftward shift of the P, QRS, and T axes and multiple electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial enlargement. P-terminal force, RaVL, SaVR, and R/S ratio in lead V1 values were significantly higher in morbidly obese than in lean subjects.