Four-Group Classification of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Based on Ventricular Concentricity and Dilatation Identifies a Low-Risk Subset of Eccentric Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients [Cardiomyopathies]

Conclusions— Hypertensive patients with relatively mild LVH without either increased LV volume or concentricity have similar risk of all-cause mortality or cardiovascular events because hypertensive patients with normal LVM seem to be a low-risk group. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00338260.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Contractile function, Cardiovascular imaging agents/Techniques, Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathies Source Type: research