background: early diagnosis of left ventricular mass (lvm) inappropriateness and left ventricular hypertrophy   (lvh) can result in preventing diastolic left ventricular dysfunction and its related morbidity and mortality. this study was performed to determine if diastolic dysfunction   is associated with lvh and inappropriate lvm. methods: one hundred   and twenty five uncomplicated hypertensi...

background: it has been well documented that left ventricular hypertrophy (lvh) is an independent factor for cardiac death in children. the epidemiologic information reveals that there is a very high prevalence of lvh in children with chronic renal failure (crf). the purpose of this study was to evaluate the existence of left ventricular hypertrophy, its severity and other cardiac abnormalities...

An accurate echocardiographic (E) method for determination of left ventricular mass (LVM) was derived from systematic analysis of the relationship between the antemortem left ventricular echogram and postmortem anatomic LVM in 34 adults with a wide range of anatomic LVM (101-505 g). No subject had massive myocardial infarction, ventricular aneurysm, severe right ventricular volume overload or h...

Left ventricular hypertrophy is often found in association with systemic hypertension and may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Few studies have investigated the determinants of left ventricular mass (LVM) in young patients with essential hypertension. Therefore, we studied 104 children and adolescents with blood pressure persistently greater than...

conclusions the coronary sinus flow per minute is the most accurate parameter among the three echocardiographic parameters mentioned above for the assessment of significant stenosis of the coronary artery. results flow (ml/minute), flow/lvm (ml/minuteg) and lv (d-s) mass a-l all correlated significantly with the percentage of stenosis (r = -0.64, p < 0.001; r = -0.47, p < 0.001; r = -0.56, p < ...

It is not known whether birth weight and early childhood growth are associated with the development of cardiac left ventricular mass (LVM) in healthy adolescents. Left ventricular growth and geometric remodeling may have long-term consequences on cardiovascular health later in life. We studied the determinants of LVM and patterns of geometric remodeling in adolescents with specific emphasis on ...

Objective: To evaluate left ventricular mass (LVM) and diastolic function in hypertension patients by RealTime Three-Dimensional Echocardiograph (RT-3DE). Methods: A total of 50 healthy subjects (as control group) and 50 subjects with essential hypertension and left ventricular filling disorders (as hypertension group) were enrolled in the study, and partial general echocardiographic parameters...

Background Normalised left ventricular mass (LVM) is a powerful prognostic tool. Traditionally, normalising has been achieved by indexing LVM to body surface area (BSA). A recent ‘Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis’ (MESA) sub-study demonstrated indexing LVM to height is more sensitive at identifying left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) associated with cardiovascular events and all-cause death....

The "left ventricular mass" (LVM) using Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT imaging may be a useful parameter to quantitatively assess the left ventricle and hence its function. The LVM was determined without reorienting the images along the long axis of the left ventricle. A comparison with reoriented SPECT images was then performed. The LVM showed the expected variations among different pathological heart...

An accurte echocardiographic (E) method for determination of left ventricular mass (LVM) was derived from systematic analysis of the relationship between the antemortem left ventricular echogram and postmortem anatomic LVM in 34 adults with a wide range of anatomic LVM (101-505 g). No subject had massive myocardial infarction, ventricular aneurysm, severe right ventricular volume overload or hy...