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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Main Authors: Darrell B. Newman, MD, John P. Bois, MD, Jeffrey B. Geske, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Compuscript 2019-04-01
Series:Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications
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Online Access:https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cscript/cvia/2019/00000004/00000001/art00006