Tziomalos K, et al. - Researchers investigated if electrocardiogram (ECG)-detected left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) predicts ischemic stroke severity and outcome in patients consecutively admitted with acute ischemic stroke (age 79.6 ± 6.9 years). The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was used to assess stroke severity at admission. NIHSS≥5 defined severe stroke. To assess LVH, the Sokolow-Lyon index and the Cornell voltage-duration product criteria in an ECG obtained at admission were used. Findings demonstrated that LVH, according to the Cornell voltage-duration product criteria, appeared to be related to more severe stroke and to higher in-hospital mortality in this patient population.