Focal apical hypertrophy with ace of spades morphology reinforces the diagnostic value of echocardiography in suspected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Background A 64-year-old male was observed as an outpatient with atypical, non-exercise-induced chest pain and palpitations. He had arterial hypertension and marked concentric left ventricular ...

Human neutrophil peptide-1 (HNP-1) is a commonly investigated therapeutic agent. However, its role in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (HLVH) remains unclear. In a new study published in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among the top stories in cardiology last week were reports from Healio's live coverage of the American College ...

The three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a paper published in the ...

Elevated left ventricular mass, known as left-ventricular hypertrophy, is a stronger predictor of coronary artery disease-related death and heart failure than coronary artery calcium score, according ...

Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have emerged as significant risk factors for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Inflammation and nutrition play critical roles in the ...

The cardiac myosin inhibitor gets a big win in the SCOUT-HCM trial ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), or an increase in cardiac mass, usually reflects pathologic adaptation to chronic pressure or volume loads. Physiologic adaptation in athletes as well as genetic, ...

Objectives American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for the development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (C-LVH), an established cardiovascular risk factor in the general ...

At baseline, 1905 (12%) of VALUE patients were identified with LVH and 12,980 (85%) without LVH. Data were absent for 374 (2%) patients. The VALUE patients for LVH analysis thus comprised a larger ...