Dear Dolce Dormire,
Yes, it is possible that there are "flase positive" resulst, that is,
results that wrongly detect LVH although it doesn't exist (in fact,
there are moer "false negatives" than "false positives"). This is a
more common occurance among Black women, and depends on lifestyle and
other factors.
Further Reading
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Pentti M Rautaharju, "Electrocardiographic Estimation of Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy: False Concepts and Some More Promising
Applications", <http://www.ijbem.org/volume5/number1/080.htm>
Dr. M. Rabionovich, "Nuclear Imaging"
<http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/heart/nuc990626r2.html>
"Questions on LVH findings thru EKG",
<http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/cardio/messages/C34522-19.html>
I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
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