Prognostic implications of left ventricular hypertrophy

BA Vakili, PM Okin, RB Devereux - American heart journal, 2001 - Elsevier
Background To date there has been no comprehensive review of the association between
left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) at baseline and subsequent adverse clinical events …

Why is left ventricular hypertrophy so predictive of morbidity and mortality?

EJ Benjamin, D Levy - The American journal of the medical sciences, 1999 - Elsevier
The prevalence, prognosis, and predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are
reviewed, and theories of the pathogenesis of the relation between LVH and poor prognosis …

Left ventricular hypertrophy: epidemiological insights from the Framingham Heart Study

D Levy - Drugs, 1988 - Springer
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has assumed an important role in clinical medicine as a
result of the clinical implications of this often asymptomatic finding. Epidemiological data …

Left ventricular hypertrophy has a greater impact on survival in women than in men

Y Liao, RS Cooper, GA Mensah, DL McGee - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has a well-
demonstrated association with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, whether or …

Left ventricular hypertrophy and mortality–results from the Framingham Study

WB Kannel, J Cobb - Cardiology, 1992 - karger.com
Data on the prognostic implications of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the Framingham
Study based on routine ECG, echocardiogram (ECHO) and X-ray determination with 36 …

Left ventricular hypertrophy as a predictor of coronary heart disease mortality and the effect of hypertension

DW Brown, WH Giles, JB Croft - American heart journal, 2000 - Elsevier
Background Although associations between hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy
(LVH), and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been described, it is less clear whether LVH …

Prognostic value of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy

BP Hsieh, MX Pham, VF Froelicher - American heart journal, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Many electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy
(LVH) exist, but few studies have compared their relative prognostic value for predicting …

Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with worse survival independent of ventricular function and number of coronary arteries severely narrowed

RS Cooper, BE Simmons, A Castaner… - The American journal of …, 1990 - Elsevier
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy has been repeatedly shown to be associated with a marked
increase in mortality risk. Available data, however, do not provide evidence that the risk …

Clinical significance of left ventricular hypertrophy: insights from the Framingham Study

D Levy - Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1991 - journals.lww.com
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a cardiac end-organ response to increased pressure or
volume load. For the past 40 years the electrocardiogram (ECG) has been used in the …

[PDF][PDF] Left ventricular hypertrophy: an overlooked cardiovascular risk factor

MA Bauml, DA Underwood - Cleve Clin J Med, 2010 - scholar.archive.org
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is common in hypertensive patients, and it increases the
risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Recent evidence indicates it is a modifiable …