Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is when the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes thicker and less able to pump blood efficiently. It usually develops because of another heart ...

WHEN medical terminology was less precise the expression "strained heart" was employed at times to describe obscurely but ominously diseased hearts. This diagnosis is no longer made, but currently the ...

There is an adequate body of evidence that indicates that left ventricular hypertrophy is a marker for a shorter-than-normal life span. It has also been noted that achieving reductions in blood ...