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 ...

A recent study validated new thresholds for left ventricular hypertrophy to improve both HCM diagnosis and timely treatment of HCM.

Background Left ventricular (LV) mass is closely associated with atherosclerotic heart disease, but the mechanisms are not well defined. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with ...

Our research focuses on the impact of age on the failing heart, sex differences in heart failure development and treatment ... by the performance of its weakest ventricle, meaning that even in ...

The definitive treatment is surgical aortic valve ... aortic regurgitation compromise coronary filling, and the left ventricular hypertrophy increases oxygen demand. Other symptoms related to ...

and left ventricular hypertrophy, as well as other changes in the left ventricular wall that prolong relaxation of the left ventricle in diastole. There is a dropout of atrial pacemaker cells ...

Objective To identify adolescent athletes with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and differentiate physiological LVH from HCM. Design Observational follow-up study. Setting: Sports Medicine Clinical ...

The toxicity of amiodarone relegated it to second-line therapy, except for patients with substantial left ventricular hypertrophy or heart failure. This treatment approach is well suited to AF ...

Cytokinetics (CYTK) announced that AMBER-HFpEF is open to enrollment. AMBER-HFpEF is a Phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, ...

Aldosterone has been shown to cause coronary inflammation, cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, ventricular arrhythmias ... aldosterone antagonists in the treatment of heart failure ...