Hypertension (HTN) is the most common cause of hypertensive heart disease, which
comprises of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left atrial enlargement, diastolic dysfunction …

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the Western world. The heart
responds to many cardiopathological conditions with hypertrophic growth by enlarging …

Swynghedauw, Bernard. Molecular Mechanisms of Myocardial Remodeling. Physiol. Rev.
79: 215–262, 1999.—“Remodeling” implies changes that result in rearrangement of …

Objectives. This study examined the relations of echocardiographically determined left
ventricular (LV) mass and hypertrophy to the risk of sudden death. Background …

Hypertension is a common cardiovascular risk factor leading to heart failure (HF), coronary
artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease and chronic renal insufficiency …

BACKGROUND During the past half-century, the ECG has been used extensively for the
diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy. Persons with ECG evidence of left ventricular …

Numerous electrocardiographic criteria, which are largely dependent on fixed voltage
thresholds, have been proposed for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) …

Objective: To examine the association of echocardiographically determined left ventricular
mass with incidence of coronary heart disease in an elderly cohort. Design: Cohort study …

Background—Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and angiotensin II (Ang II) modulate heart
failure in part by provoking the hypertrophic response. Signal transduction pathways of …

Summary...... 929 1.6. Efficacy of Antiarrhythmic Therapy...... 929 1.7. Assessment of
Pacemaker and ICD Function...... 931 1.8. Monitoring for Myocardial Ischemia...... 932 1.8. 1 …