THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN HEALTHY EAST AFRICAN (BANTU AND NILOTIC) MEN
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- 31 August 1962
- Vol. 24 (5) , 542-548
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.24.5.542
Abstract
In a study of 209 normal healthy East African men, S-T segment deviation from accepted normal patterns was observed in 44% of Bantu and 27% of Nilotic subjects. These changes were frequently accompanied by inverted or biphasic T waves in the right and mid-pre-cordial leads. These findings resemble those previously described in the South African Bantu and the American negro, and termed the "juvenile pattern" by American workers. Left ventricular hypertrophy was also a frequent finding in this series.Keywords
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