Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an abnormal thickening of the left ventricular myocardium that occurs as an adaptive mechanism to increased afterload. The left ventricular myocytes ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy can be diagnosed on ECG with good specificity. When the myocardium is hypertrophied, there is a larger mass of myocardium for electrical activation to pass through ...

Athlete's Heart or Cardiomyopathy: The Diagnostic 'Grey Zones' A common clinical scenario faced by the sports cardiologist is the athlete exhibiting mild LVH in the range of 13–16 mm ...

AV, atrioventricular; bpm, beats per minute; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; RBBB, right bundle branch block. Common consequences of increased vagal tone include sinus bradycardia, sinus arrhythmia ...

Low SCD risk: absence of symptoms, family history of sudden death, ventricular arrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure response to exercise and marked left ventricular hypertrophy or dilatation.