Introduction: Hypertension is one of the leading causes global burden disease and most important health problem met by general physicians. The development left ventricular hypertrophy increases with severity hypertension. increase in mass. Left mass index a surrogate predictor cardiac morbidity mortality adults Method: 75 individuals aged from 30 to 60 years enrolled study RMMCH after getting e...

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a powerful vasconstrictor peptide implicated in development of essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. To evaluate the impact of genetic variability of the ET-1 gene on progression of blood pressure (BP) and left ventricular mass (LVM), we conducted individual growth curve modeling for 537 European American and black youths with 12 assessments during a 15...

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a complex disease that under the control of different physiological systems. Left ventricular mass (LVM) strong predictor HF. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to pathogenesis HF and LVM. Aims: aim this study examine association between RAS genetic variants LVM in cohort Polish patients with Methods: included 401 Two-dimensional M-mode echocardi...

Inappropriate left ventricular mass (LVM; ie, the value of LVM exceeding individual needs to compensate hemodynamic load) predicts the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, independent of risk factors, either in the presence or in the absence of traditionally defined LV hypertrophy. The relation between changes in appropriateness of LVM during antihypertensive treatment and subsequent prognosis w...

BACKGROUND Hypertension is a disease characterized by end-organ complications, leading to high morbidity and mortality in many cases. People with untreated or uncontrolled hypertension often run the risk of developing complications directly associated with the disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has been shown to be a significant risk factor for adverse outcomes both in patients with hy...

Inappropriate left ventricular mass index (LVM) may develop as a response to particular hemodynamic and metabolic alterations. Inappropriate LVM and peripheral artery disease (PAD) characterized by abnormally low or high ankle-brachial index (ABI) are common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, in whom there may be a close and cause-effect relationship. The aim of this study is to assess w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the left venticular myocardial deformation parameters in normotensive obese children and adolescents by using 2-D speckle tracking echocardiography. METHODS This observational cross-sectional study included 69 children and adolescents (aged between 10-18), 38 were normotensive obese and 31 were normal weighted. All children underwent detailed two- dimentional, Doppler an...

To calculate left ventricular (LV) global performance values in heart transplant (HT) recipients by three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (3D-STI) and to observe the changes in LV global performance over time after HT and investigate the correlated factors.The 30 HT patients were divided into 2 groups according to postoperative time: 1 month postoperatively (HT-1) group and 6 months postop...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of ramipril on left ventricular mass (LVM) and function in vascular disease patients with controlled blood pressure (BP) and with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). BACKGROUND Increased LVM and left ventricular (LV) volume and decreased LVEF predict clinical events. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors reduce L...

AIM The primary objective of our study was to assess the time course of left ventricular remodeling after the Ross procedure with the use of cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS In a prospective study, 10 patients with isolated aortic valve disease were examined prior to aortic valve surgery, as well as at early follow-up (mean 4 weeks) and at late follow-up (mean 8 months) after pu...