BACKGROUND Epidemiological and clinical studies frequently use echocardiography to measure LV wall thicknesses and chamber dimension for estimating quantitative measures of LV mass. While echocardiographic M-mode LV images have traditionally been measured using hand-held calipers and strip-chart paper tracings, digitized M-mode LV image measurements made directly on the computer screen using el...

Results HCM patients (50±18 years, 65% men) had normal LVEDV (149±46mL, p=0.24), LVESV (52±24mL, p=0.78) and LVEF (65±11%, p=0.38). LV mass (198±69g, p<0.001) and LV mass index (108±37g/m2 p=0.002) were significantly increased, resulting in decreased LV mass/LV volume ratio (1.40±0.54, p=0.005) in HCM compared to controls. Median maximal wall thickness was 19.6 (14.4 to 32.3mm). In HCM, LGE was...

Increased left ventricular (LV) mass and changes in LV geometry may precede hypertension onset. The authors examined the associations of LV mass and geometry, assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, with hypertension incidence in 2,567 normotensive participants enrolled in 2000–2002 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, an ethnically diverse, population-based, US study. Over a m...

Increased left ventricular (LV) mass and changes in LV geometry may precede hypertension onset. The authors examined the associations of LV mass and geometry, assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, with hypertension incidence in 2,567 normotensive participants enrolled in 2000-2002 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, an ethnically diverse, population-based, US study. Over a m...

The development of the left ventricle parallels body growth. During infancy, the relation between body size and left ventricular (LV) mass is very close. With advancing age, variability of LV mass in relation to body size markedly increases. To test the hypothesis that the age-related increase in variability of LV mass is due to the progressive impact of hemodynamic stimuli on LV growth, quanti...

conclusions the eft, as measured by echocardiography, with a cut off value 2.95 mm has a strong association with premature cad. results among baseline characteristics, waist circumference, triglyceride levels, cigarette smoking and history of statin use were significantly higher in the cad group. the body mass index (bmi) was significantly higher in the non-cad group. according to echocardiogra...

Several studies have shown associations of high levels of hemoglobin (Hgb) or blood viscosity with cardiac events and with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH). To assess the relations of LV mass and function with Hgb delivery (ie, the physiological carrier of oxygen), we calculated the product of Hgb concentration and Doppler-derived cardiac output in 864 hypertensive participants with elec...

The relationship between casual blood pressure and left ventricular (LV) mass has been reported to be fairly weak in hypertensive patients. In this study we analyzed this relationship using noninvasive devices to monitor blood pressure for 24 hours in ambulatory patients and M-mode echocardiography to determine LV mass. Among the 33 patients with hypertension, 21 had echocardiographic LV hypert...

BACKGROUND The association of metabolic syndrome (MS) with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is controversial. The objective of our study was to investigate the influence of MS on LV mass and geometry in community-based hypertensive patients among Han Chinese. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 1733 metabolic syndrome patients according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) de...

BACKGROUND Aortic valve disease is associated with eccentric or concentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and changes in the LV mass. The relationship between LV mass and function and the effect of LV remodeling after aortic valve replacement (AVR), in patients with aortic valve disease needs evaluation, that is largely unknown in our population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the eff...