Left ventricular hypertrophy
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is thickening of the heart muscle of the left ventricle of the heart, that is, left-sided ventricular hypertrophy and resulting increased left ventricular mass.
| Left ventricular hypertrophy | |
|---|---|
| A heart with left ventricular hypertrophy in short-axis view | |
| Specialty | Cardiology |
| Complications | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Heart failure |
| Diagnostic method | Echocardiography, cardiovascular MRI |
| Differential diagnosis | Athletic heart syndrome |
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