S-T segment variants in young, adult, black women

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1983

Abstract

The electrocardiograms of 210 black women between the ages of 18 and 35 years were examined. These patients did not have hypertension, diabetes, anemia, or intrinsic heart disease, by history or physical or laboratory findings. The limb leads were examined for early repolarization and S-T segment flattening, with the use of Grusin's classification. The results were compared to those of other studies for the appearance and frequency of normal repolarization variants in both black and white subjects. Sixty-two patients (31.9%) had S-T segment flattening in leads II, III, and/or AVF. This investigation found that S-T flattening in black women between the ages of 18 and 35 years is a normal variant.

Publication Title

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volume

83

Issue

2

First Page

125

Last Page

127

Comments

This article was published in Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages 125-127.

The published version is available at http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2097881 .

Copyright © 1983.

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