cardiovascular

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Left hypertrophy (LVH) is thickening of the heart muscle of the left of the heart, that is, left-sided ventricular hypertrophy and resulting increased left ventricular mass.

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How it's found

·Echocardiography, MRI

Complications

·Hypertrophic , Heart failure

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