ECG Results - Heart Disorders Message Board

scouselad1974 · 10-10-2008, 12:49 AM

Hi Guys
I've just had my ECG results which showed a normal heart rate, but my Doctor says the reults are Borderline, he did try explaining the reults to me but I was a bit shocked and now that I'm home I don't really understand what he ment, he said that my heart is working harder at certain points of the day, I have been diagnosed with High B/P and have started medication 10 days ago, he did say that the ECG was to show if I had an enlarged heart due to damage being caused from my high blood pressure as he doesnt know how long I've had high B/P for

hopesprings2 · 10-13-2008, 04:03 PM

might mean it is normal side of high like 99 or more
or normal side of low i think is 60 or below

harka · 10-13-2008, 05:47 PM

When someone is found to have high blood pressure, it's important to know how long it's been happening for because it's not necessarily high blood pressure for one day that causes you have problems--it's when you have sustained high blood pressure for months to years that's the problem. When a young person like yourself comes in with high blood pressure, one of the ways to see if it has been around a long time is by doing an ECG. If you see that the amplitude of the ECG waves in certain leads are exceptionally high, this represents something called left ventricular HYPERTROPHY...i.e. the muscle of the ventricle has built up over time because of repeated need to pump against high pressure.

Did he say that the ECG showed left ventricular hypertrophy?

GodHand · 10-14-2008, 06:09 AM

Heart enlargement due to high blood pressure can be reversed if blood pressure is controlled and blood pressure is dropped to the 130's and below.

Beefsteak · 10-14-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GodHand

Heart enlargement due to high blood pressure can be reversed if blood pressure is controlled and blood pressure is dropped to the 130's and below.

Godhand,
Interesting comment. But seldom mentioned in the literature.
I wondered what your experience with hypertrophy/enlargement was?
Any direct experience of reversal - and what sort of meds were associated with that?
Thanks.