The detection of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy on echocardiography is a powerful risk
indicator in essential hypertension. However, the prognostic impact of LV mass values within …

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) mass at
echocardiography in uncomplicated subjects with essential hypertension. BACKGROUND …

Background—Increased left ventricular (LV) mass predicts an adverse outcome in patients
with essential hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between …

Left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) is the most important information requested in hypertensive
patients referred for echocardiography. However, LV function also predicts cardiovascular …

Background: It is uncertain whether reduction of left ventricular (LV) mass during
antihypertensive treatment predicts reduces cardiovascular complications of hypertension …

Objectives: It has been suggested that hypertensives at high risk of cardiovascular
complications can be identified on the basis of their left ventricular mass as determined …

Background The prevalence of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in essential
hypertension ranges from 12 to 96% depending on the threshold values used to define it …

To evaluate the prognostic impact of left ventricular (LV) mass exceeding individual needs to
compensate hemodynamic load, the percentage of excess of echocardiographic LV mass in …

Objective To test whether inappropriate echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) mass (ie
higher than predicted by individual body size, sex and cardiac load [Δ% LVM]) is associated …

Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of left ventricular mass and geometry in
initially healthy persons with essential hypertension. Design: An observational study of a …