DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL OF MAGNETOCARDIOGRAP HY IN EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY

Diagnostic potential of magnetocardiography (MCG) was elucidated in co mparison to ECG and echo-CG in 8 patients with cardiomyopathy (CMP) ve rsus 25 healthy males. Elements of normal MCG curve were characterized in relation to incidence rate. Changes in MCG curve were considered w ith regard to hypertrophy of basal interventricular septum. In left ve ntricular hypertrophy MCG showed shifts corresponding to the degree of ventricular dilation. MCG diagnostic opportunities are shown in detec tion of right ventricular hypertrophy in the presence of the right His ' bundle blockade in patients with dilated CMP.