AHA/ACCF/HRS Expert Consensus Document

AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram: Part V: Electrocardiogram Changes Associated With Cardiac Chamber Hypertrophy A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society Endorsed by the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology

Other members of the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram Writing Group include James J. Bailey, MD; Rory Childers, MD; Anton Gorgels, MD; Mark Josephson, MD, FACC, FHRS; Jan A. Kors, PhD; Peter Macfarlane, DSc; Jay W. Mason, MD, FAHA, FACC, FHRS; Olle Pahlm, MD, PhD; Pentti M. Rautaharju, MD, PhD; Borys Surawicz, MD, FAHA, FACC; Gerard van Herpen, MD, PhD; Galen S. Wagner, MD; and Hein Wellens, MD, FAHA, FACC.

The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology Foundation, and the Heart Rhythm Society make every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an outside relationship or a personal, professional, or business interest of a member of the writing panel. Specifically, all members of the writing group are required to complete and submit a Disclosure Questionnaire showing all such relationships that might be perceived as real or potential conflicts of interest.

Parts I and II of this series, "Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram," were published in the March 13, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology(J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007;49:1109–27 and J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007;49:1128–35). They are available online at http://content.onlinejacc.org/content/vol49/issue10/index.dtl.

Parts III, IV, and VI were published in the March 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology(J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53:976–81, J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53:982–91, and J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53:1003–11).

This statement was approved by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee on August 7, 2008, by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees on May 16, 2008, and by the Heart Rhythm Society Board of Trustees on June 18, 2008.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Hancock EW, Deal BJ, Mirvis DM, Okin P, Kligfield P, Gettes LS. AHA/ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram: part V: electrocardiogram changes associated with cardiac chamber hypertrophy: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol2009;53:992–1002.

This article has been copublished in Circulation.

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