Table 4 Incidental findings from cardiac assessments

12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Heart Rate Variability Recording (HRV)

• ST-segment abnormalities,

• T-wave abnormalities,

• Left ventricular hypertrophy,

• Left-axis deviation,

• Sinus arrhythmia,

• Atrial fibrillation/flutter^a,

• Isolated supraventricular/ventricular ectopics,

• Bi/trigemini,

• Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia or other malignant ventricular arrhythmias^a,

• Bundle branch block,

• Prolonged PR interval,

• 2^nd degree AV block or higher^a

Echocardiogram

• Valve prosthesis,

• Mild valve stenosis,

• Moderate to severe valve stenosis^a,

• Mild valvular regurgitation,

• Moderate to severe valvular regurgitation^a,

• Impaired LV or RV systolic function^a,

• Severe LV diastolic dysfunction^a,

• Chamber enlargement (e.g., left atrial dilatation, right ventricular dilatation, etc.),

• Left or right ventricular hypertrophy LV outflow tract obstruction,

• Regional wall motion abnormality^a,

• Intracardiac shunt^a,

• Pericardial effusion^a,

• Pulmonary hypertension,

• Mass lesion (vegetation, thrombus, or tumour)^a,

• Myocardial infiltration (suggesting cardiac amyloidosis)^a,

• Presence of congenital heart disease,

• Aortic dilation, aortic coarctation^a, or aortic dissection^a

Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT)

• Carotid artery stenosis (≥ 50% diameter),

• Carotid atheromatous plaques,

• Carotid artery thrombus,

• Carotid tumours^a,

• Carotid dissection^a,

• Large thyroid mass (> 1 cm)^a,

• Lymphadenopathy