Left ventricular hypertrophy
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"LVH" redirects here. For other uses, see LVH (disambiguation).
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is thickening of the heart muscle of the left ventricle of the heart, that is, left-sided ventricular hypertrophy and resulting increased left ventricular mass.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy | |
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A heart with left ventricular hypertrophy in short-axis view | |
Specialty | Cardiology |
Complications | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Heart failure[1] |
Diagnostic method | Echocardiography, cardiovascular MRI[1] |
Differential diagnosis | Athletic heart syndrome |
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