BP was measured by a trained nurse by using an automated device (Omron 705IT, Omron, Kyoto, Japan) after a 5-min rest with the patient seated. Based on the upper arm circumference, an appropriately ...

Thus, we hypothesized that the presence of reverse white-coat effect may promote LV hypertrophy, especially concentric hypertrophy, in treated hypertension. To assess the hypothesis, the present study ...

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 ...

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 ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an abnormal thickening of the left ventricular myocardium that occurs as an adaptive mechanism to increased afterload. The left ventricular myocytes hypertrophy ...

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, ...

1 Clinical Centra of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 2 Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 3 Medical Service of Georgian ...

Weight gain and increased systolic BP in collegiate U.S. football players may be due to concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, arterial stiffening and reduced left ventricular diastolic function, ...

Sunjay Kapur, who died last month while playing a polo match in London, died of natural causes, according to the Surrey coroner’s report. The businessman whose passing has sparked a tussle over the ...