WHEN medical terminology was less precise the expression "strained heart" was employed at times to describe obscurely but ominously diseased hearts. This diagnosis is no longer made, but currently the ...

Echocardiograms reveal a rapid rise in LV hypertrophy from ages 17 to 24 years, bolstering the case for primordial prevention.

Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) occurs when the right ventricular wall thickens due to chronic pressure overload, similar to that of left ventricular hypertrophy. Right ventricular hypertrophy is ...

Myocardial fibrosis is a hallmark of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a proposed substrate for arrhythmias and heart failure. In animal models, profibrotic genetic pathways are activated early, before ...

Daniel L. Jacoby, Eugene C. DePasquale and William J. McKenna Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common inherited cardiomyopathy, occurring in about 1 in 500 individuals.1 The first gene mutation for ...

Patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at intermediate and high risk for surgery who, after TAVR, have a larger regression in left ventricular mass at 1 year will then go on to have ...

Right ventricular hypertrophy Ventricular septal defect Overriding aorta (aorta displaced to the right, near the VSD) Pulmonic valve stenosis (right ventricular outflow tract obstruction) This results ...

Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) are extra heartbeats originating from the heart’s lower chambers, potentially causing palpitations or fluttering sensations. While occasional PVCs are common, ...