The Role of the ECG in the Prediction of the Formation of Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease in Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

We observed 130 patients aged 1 to 36 months with a diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). It is found that children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia have tachycardia (p < 0.05) and electrical axis deviation to the right (p < 0.05) in the first year of life. In children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia initially dilatation of the right atrium (p < 0.05) occurs. Right ventricular hypertrophy appears only in 2/3 children with BPD from the 2nd year of life, and correlates with severe course of disease (r = 0.675; p < 0.05). In the prognosis of chronic pulmonary heart disease include electrocardiography persisting evidence are: tachycardia (F-5.58; lambda Wilks –0.854, P 10 mm (F-2.8; lambda Wilks –0.827, p < 0.05 ); R/S in V1 > 6.5 mm (F-1.01; lambda Wilks –0.809, p < 0.05).