Evaluation of the Patient with Incidental Left Ventricular Hypertrophy on Echocardiography
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), or an increase in cardiac mass, usually reflects pathologic adaptation to chronic pressure or volume loads. Physiologic adaptation in athletes as well as genetic, metabolic, and infiltrative disorders may also result in increased cardiac mass. Given vast differenc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2019-04-01
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Series: | Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications |
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Online Access: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cscript/cvia/2019/00000004/00000001/art00006 |