background: the association of metabolic syndrome (ms) with left  ventricular (lv) hypertrophy is controversial. the objective of our study was to investigate the infl uence 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) d...

conclusions due to the tendency of lv pseudoaneurysms to rupture, early surgical intervention is recommended. case presentation we report a very rare case of a 47-year-old woman presents with an atypical form of lv apical pseudoaneurysm confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cmri). introduction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an interesting clinical entity. the left ventricular (lv...

t akotsubo cardiomyopathy (tcm), also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a clinical syndrome of transient left ventricular (lv) apical wall motion abnormality with relative preservation of the basal heart segments in the absence of any significant atherosclerosis. recurrence of this condition is rare. we report a postmenopausal woman, who experienced two episodes of tcm within 4 months ...

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...

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 With hypertension, the cardiovascular system changes to adapt to the varying neuro-humoral and hemodynamic changes and this may lead to the development of different left ventricular geometric patterns, each carrying a different risk profile for major adverse cardiovascular events. METHODS Using a consecutive sampling technique, a cross-sectional, prospective, hospital based study w...

9) Background. Severe left ventricular (LV) hypertroph ncreases risk for adverse outcome after aortic va eplacement. Whether LV geometry influences mortali isk after aortic valve replacement is unclear. A hether LV mass or relative wall thickness (RWT) be redicts risk for adverse postoperative outcomes is nown. The purpose of this investigation was to exam he influence of LV geometry and LV hyp...

Objective To investigate the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and different patterns of left ventricular (LV) geometry and their risk factors in untreated hypertension population in China. Methods A total of 9,286 participants (5167 males and 4119 females) were recruited from two Chinese communities. The LV geometry was classified into four patterns: normal; abnormal,defined as ...