Cardiac abnormalities are associated with PKD1 gene mutations in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, ...

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may exacerbate arrhythmic ...

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood ...

A typical hypertensive heart disease phenotype is the left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and dysfunction, measurable via LV mass and global longitudinal strain. We aimed to evaluate the LV ...

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Panel A shows a cross-section of a normal heart (top) and an endomyocardial biopsy sample from a normal heart (bottom; with hematoxylin and eosin staining) that shows normal histologic characteristics ...

ABSTRACT: Objective: To study the electrical and echocardiographic aspects in patients with major sickle cell syndrome. Methods: This was a prospective descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at ...

Abstract: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) is a major cardiovascular risk factor, linked to heart failure, arrhythmia, and sudden cardiac death, often resulting from chronic stress like hypertension ...

In this issue of Hypertension, Hauge et al 1 assessed the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in women with prior preeclampsia. The authors found that women with prior preeclampsia had a 2-fold ...

A 21-year-old male collegiate football player presents for an annual physical examination with blood pressure (BP) elevated to 147/82 mm Hg. He is counseled on lifestyle modifications, including the ...

Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is often a complication of hypertension and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events. In Ethiopia, there is a scarcity of data on the ...