Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an abnormal thickening ... electrical activity takes longer to traverse throughout the whole heart, thus the duration of the QRS complex may be widened.

A S4 heart sound is also often present due to the severe concentric left ventricular hypertrophy that develops in aortic stenosis. If a S3 heart sound is present, significant systolic dysfunction ...

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 ...

The hypertrophy was both concentric and eccentric, another unexpected finding for which they do not have a good explanation, he noted. Eccentric hypertrophy usually correlates with volume overload ...