Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a marker of prolonged exposure to high blood pressure and a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk. The objective of the current study was to investigate its ...

There is an adequate body of evidence that indicates that left ventricular hypertrophy is a marker for a shorter-than-normal life span. It has also been noted that achieving reductions in blood ...

Increased serum concentrations of FGF23 are associated with increased left ventricular mass and an increased risk of left ventricular hypertrophy, according to two new studies. “Given that left ...

WHEN medical terminology was less precise the expression "strained heart" was employed at times to describe obscurely but ominously diseased hearts. This diagnosis is no longer made, but currently the ...

Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality all over the world. The combined effect of volume and pressure overload seen in patients with CKD is ...

A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps to prevent abnormal ...

Nov. 11, 2005 (Philadelphia) — Treating patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for anemia earlier and to a higher-than-standard hemoglobin level did not confer a significant treatment benefit for ...

Population-based studies of black populations in the United States and Puerto Rico have reported higher prevalences of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy compared to white or ...

Objectives American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for the development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (C-LVH), an established cardiovascular risk factor in the general ...

To the Editor: On the basis of prospective data from a large cohort of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Spirito et al. (June 15 issue) 1 report that the magnitude of left ventricular ...

Tam Duc Heart Hospital. Doppler echocardiogram. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Increases in FGF23 may lead to cardiac remodeling in these patients, ...

Left ventricular noncompaction is characterized by deep trabeculations in the LV endocardium in association with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilation or hypertrophy/dilation. Noncompaction of the ...