conclusions trauma induced by the tip of the catheter at the contact location with the lv wall in a patient with mild hypercoagulable state accounted for intracardiac thrombosis formation and its embolization to the brain and intestines. introduction coronary angiography can be complicated by some major complications such as stroke. case presentation we describe a patient who presented with hem...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether increased left ventricular (LV) mass in overweight individuals is related to their adiposity or to greater fat-free mass (FFM). METHODS AND RESULTS We compared echocardiographic LV mass to FFM and adipose body mass by bioelectric impedance and to anthropometric measurements in 3107 American Indian participants in the Strong Heart Study. In men and women, the r...

To evaluate the prognostic impact of left ventricular (LV) mass exceeding individual needs to compensate hemodynamic load, the percentage of excess of echocardiographic LV mass in relation to individual ideal value predicted by gender, stroke work, and height (in meter(2.7)) from a reference population was assessed in 1019 white hypertensives (627 women [24% obese] and 392 men [17% obese, P<0.0...

Appropriateness of left ventricular (LV) mass to cardiac workload can be evaluated by the ratio of observed LV mass to the value predicted for an individual's gender, height(2.7), and stroke work at rest (%PLVM). It is unclear which pathophysiological factors are associated with inappropriately high LV mass in hypertensive subjects. Adequate LV mass was defined by the 90% confidence interval (7...

BACKGROUND Echocardiography provides a noninvasive means of assessing left ventricular (LV) structure and evidence of LV wall remodeling in hypertensive persons. The relation of demographic, biological, and other factors with LV structure can be assessed. METHODS AND RESULTS LV structure was assessed by M-mode echocardiograms for 511 men and 333 women with mild hypertension (average blood pre...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular (LV) mass varies in proportion to lean body mass (LBM) but is usually expressed relative to height or body surface area (BSA), each of which functions as a surrogate for LBM. The aims of this study were to characterize the adiposity-related biases associated with each of these scaling variables and to determine the impact of these biases on the diagnosis of LV hypert...

OBJECTIVES In the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study comprised of a generally healthy, biracial cohort of 28- to 40-year-old adults, we sought to characterize the distribution of left ventricular (LV) mass and LV geometry and the relationship of systolic blood pressure (SBP), body mass index (BMI), and fasting insulin to LV mass and geometry. BACKGROUND Left ventr...

BACKGROUND Increased left ventricular (LV) mass and endothelial dysfunction are important risk factors for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. However, it is not clear whether endothelial dysfunction is associated with increased LV mass. We tested the hypothesis that impaired flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) is associated with increased LV mass in a population-based multiethnic cohort. ...