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  • Title: Sensitivity and specificity of commonly used electrocardiographic criteria for left atrial enlargement determined by M-mode echocardiography.
    Author: Munuswamy K, Alpert MA, Martin RH, Whiting RB, Mechlin NJ.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1984 Mar 01; 53(6):829-32. PubMed ID: 6230922.
    Abstract:
    To assess the sensitivity and specificity of 6 commonly used electrocardiographic criteria for left atrial (LA) enlargement, the rest ECGs of 99 patients in normal sinus rhythm were analyzed. Fifty-seven of the patients had LA enlargement and 42 had a normal LA dimension as determined by M-mode echocardiography. The 6 criteria studied and their respective sensitivities and specificities were as follows: (1) duration of the negative phase of the P wave in lead V1 greater than 40 ms: sensitivity, 83%; specificity, 80%; (2) notched P wave in any standard lead with an interpeak duration greater than 40 ms: sensitivity, 15%; specificity, 100%; (3) P terminal force (depth X duration of the terminal portion of the P wave) in lead V1 more negative than -0.04 mm X s: sensitivity, 69%; specificity 93%; (4) depth of the negative phase of the P wave in lead V1 greater than or equal to 1 mm: sensitivity, 60%; specificity, 93%; (5) total P-wave duration greater than 110 ms in any standard lead: sensitivity, 33%; specificity, 88%; (6) total P wave duration/P-R interval duration greater than 1.6: sensitivity, 31%; specificity, 64%. Combining 2 or more of these criteria did not substantially improve sensitivity and specificity.
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