In hypertension, the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with increased risk of both cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. To date, the electrocardiogram (ECG) remains the ...

August 4, 2004 — In an era when the number of candidates for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy continues to grow, identifying specific patients at risk for arrhythmic death -- the ...

In coronary artery disease (CAD), a potentially reversible factor leading to cardiac death is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). While the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a widely available way to ...

ECG-derived LVH has been strongly linked with the risk of ischemic stroke. [48] LVH also predicts cognitive dysfunction where subclinical stroke is a potential contributor. [49,50] It is even included ...

Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Marcelo C. Targino, Michael A. Talias, Russ Hauser, Ichiro Kawachi, David C. Christiani and Stefanos N. Kales Objective: To evaluate the association between obesity and ...

A 62 year old male with a history of hypertension presents to his primary care physician for a routine check-up. His blood pressure is 220/110. He admits to not taking his blood pressure medications ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is when the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes thicker and less able to pump blood efficiently. It usually develops because of another heart ...

Classic changes of ischemia may be described or explained as follows: 1. ST-segment elevations or depressions that are usually localized (but may be diffuse) and may be associated with such T-wave ...

Q: I am only 37, I don’t smoke, I have never had any medical problems and I am very active, but I was at this health fair where they had a free cardiovascular screening so I did it. My blood pressure ...

Correspondence to Dr Aaron Baggish, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Suite 5B, Boston, MA 02114, USA; abaggish{at}partners.org Background/aim ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. George's University of London, London, UK 2 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK 3 Unite Biologie et Medecine du Sport, ...