AIMS We sought to evaluate whether left ventricular (LV) mass (M) determined by M-mode echocardiography is overestimated compared with LVM calculated by three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography (E) in patients with normal LV shape. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 112 studies in 56 patients (60+/-13 years) with hypertension (n=25) or aortic stenosis (n=31) and 30 control subjects (57+/-14 years)...

OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in smokers and this relationship is complicated by the multiplicity of cardiovascular effects of smoking. However, the relationship between intensity and duration of cigarette smoking and echocardiographic measures of right and left ventricular structure and function has been poorly studied. METHODS We examined ECHO-SOL (Echocardi...

BACKGROUND Epicardial fat (EF) has been related to increased cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease patients. Kidney transplantation is associated with weight gain, especially within the first 12 months. Recently an association between EF and left ventricular mass (LVM) has been suggested in kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the EF in KTX recipients and its associa...

Increased left ventricular mass (LVM) and lower socioeconomic status (SES) are predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to have higher LVM and lower SES. The relation between SES, race-ethnicity, and LVM has not been fully explored. Data were used from the NOMAS population-based sample of 1916 subjects living in Northern Manhattan. SES was chara...

Background: Activation of monocytes and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels accelerate atherosclerosis. The monocyte-to-HDL ratio (MHR) the coronary artery disease-reporting data system (CAD-RADS) score are recognized as proper indicators atherosclerotic process. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate relationship between CAD-RADS left ventricular mass (LVM) MHR evaluate role a pre...

Hispanics may carry a similar burden of increased left ventricular mass (LVM) as non-Hispanic blacks but whether LVM portends a worse outcome among Hispanics is largely unknown. We prospectively evaluated 1081 Hispanics enrolled in the Northern Manhattan Study during the period of 1993 to 2001. Subjects were aged > or =40 years and free of prior myocardial infarction or stroke. LVM was defined ...

The effect of left ventricular volume (LVV) in relation to the left ventricular mass (LVM) was studied on the voltage electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). For this purpose, the sensitivity of numerous voltage criteria were assessed in patients with documented echocardiographic (echo) LVH with or without left ventricular dilatation. The ECG criteria that com...

BACKGROUND Glomerular hyperfiltration has been recently noticed as an important issue in primary aldosteronism (PA) patients. However, its effect on the cardiovascular system remains unknown. METHODS We prospectively analyzed 47 PA patients including 11 PA patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) > 130 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (group 1), and 36 PA patients with eGFR 90-110 ml/min p...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular mass (LVM) is more closely associated with volume load than pressure load. We assessed whether part of the genetic heritability of LVM can be explained by stroke volume (SV) inheritance. METHODS Echocardiographic LVM, SV and peripheral resistance were measured in 527 families with at least two relatives from the HyperGEN study (51% African-American, 43% men, 44% ob...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive left ventricular mass (LVM) is expected to decrease during antihypertensive therapy, based on results of clinical trials. METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed 4-year change of echocardiographic LVM in 851 hypertensive free-living participants of the Strong Heart Study (57% women, 81% treated). Variations of 5% or more of the initial systolic blood pressure (SBP) and LVM wer...