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Abstract
Enlargement of the LEFT VENTRICLE of the heart. This increase in ventricular mass is attributed to sustained abnormal pressure or volume loads and is a contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
- Ventricular Hypertrophy, Left
- Hypertrophies, Left Ventricular
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophies
- Ventricular Hypertrophies, Left
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Heart Hypertrophy (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017379. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017379
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_ventricular_hypertrophy
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1628627