What is left ventricular hypertrophy and is there a reason to regress left ventricular hypertrophy?

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Aug;11(8):407-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00156.x.

Authors

Matthew R Weir¹, Raymond R Townsend

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. mweir@medicine.umaryland.edu

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Aorta / physiopathology
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Combined Modality Therapy
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
Diet Therapy
Elasticity / physiology
Exercise Therapy
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / therapy*
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Risk Factors

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents