BACKGROUND The study's aim was to evaluate the relations between pulse pressure (PP), hypertension and anemia with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). MATERIALS AND METHODS The risk factors and prevalence of LHV were evaluated in 111 patients with CRF. RESULTS LVH was diagnosed in 81.9% of all patients. The prevalence of hypertension was 72.6%. Anemia was present in all patients. Of the var...

Background AFD is an X linked disorder of lysosomal storage that can have various cardiac manifestations, most commonly resulting in LVH. Echocardiographic data on LVH distribution emphasised concentric hypertrophy in males and later onset in females with less hypertrophy. However this modality is often limited in visualisation of the left ventricular apex. Methods 27 patients (mean age 47, 33%...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the most common renal replacement therapy used in pediatric patients with end stage renal disease. This population has a mortality rate 1,000 times greater compare to pediatric population, mainly due to cardiovascular causes. OBJECTIVE To characterize pediatric patients on chronic PD in relation to dialysis and cardiovascular outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Cross s...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors today are the standard therapy of patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure due to their proven beneficial effects in left ventricular remodeling and left ventricular function. ACE inhibitors have also been demonstrated to lead to regression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is believed that the mechanism of action of LVH regres...

Introduction Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common compensating process in the pressure overload mechanism of aortic stenosis (AS). Aim To identify a group of patients with a LVH pattern which may alter periprocedural and 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Material and methods Echocardiographic examinations of 226 patients with severe AS treated w...

PURPOSE Determination of the underlying etiology of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common, challenging, and critical clinical problem. The authors aimed to test whether pathological LVH, such as occurs in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertensive heart disease, or aortic stenosis, and physiological LVH in athletes, can be distinguished by means of left ventricular volume and geom...

AIM Although plasma NT-proBNP differentiates hypertension (HT) with or without left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) from hypertensive heart failure (HHF), most of the published data are based on studies in Western populations. Also, most previous studies did not consider left ventricular (LV) diastolic function and right ventricular (RV) function. We therefore examined the relation between NT-pro...

The relative importance of left ventricular (LV) geometry, wall thickness, and mass on the inscription of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on the ECG was examined in 93 patients; 36 had no LVH on the ECG, 10 had borderline voltage for LVH, and 47 had LVH on the ECG. LV cineangiograms in the right anterior oblique projection were analyzed for LV end-diastolic volume, free wall thickness (h), s...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent risk factor for cardiac death. This study evaluates the prevalence and patterns of LVH in patients with predialysis chronic renal failure (CRF) and analyses the relationship between LVH and various predisposing factors. Sixty-two CRF patients were recruited from the renal clinic with serum creatinine over 2 mg/dl. Using echocardiography, we c...

BACKGROUND Aging is associated with physiological or pathological left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) cardiac changes. Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with pathological LVH. The action mechanism in cardiac concentric hypertrophy from SHS exposure is understood, but the transition contributed from SHS exposure is not. To determine whether exposure to SHS has an impact on age-induced...