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Disease Information for Left ventricular hypertrophy
- Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- PMI Displaced Lateral
- Accentuated fourth heart sound/S4
- Apical impulse,heart/lateral displacement
- Apical pulse prominent
- Cardiac apical heave
- Cardiac Symptoms/Signs
- Cardiomegaly/Heart dilatation
- Gallop rhythms
- Gallop,atrial or S4
- Left heart border/displaced left/percussion
- Left ventricular heave/Apical thrust sign
- Demographics & Risk Factors
- Established Disease Population
- Patient/Aorta coarctation
- Patient/Aortic stenosis
- Patient/Cardiac/Heart disease
- Patient/Hypertension
- Patient/Valvular heart disease
- Diagnostic Test Results
- EKG (ECG)
- EKG/P-Mitrale pattern (ECG)
- EKG/R Wave AVL >11 mv (ECG)
- EKG/R Wave in V5/V6 >27 mv (ECG)
- EKG/Deep S Wave V1 (ECG)
- EKG/Increased amplitude QRS/voltage (ECG)
- EKG/Intrinsicoid deflection QRS >.06 (ECG)
- EKG/Pseudoinfarction pattern/Q Waves/atypical (ECG)
- EKG/Small Q Wave lead I (ECG)
- EKG/Voltage S in V1 plus R in V5>35 mv (ECG)
- EKG/S-T depression (ECG)
- EKG/Persistent T Wave inversion (ECG)
- EKG/T Wave inversion (ECG)
- EKG/T Wave inversion/ST depression 1,V5,V6 (ECG)
- EKG/Left bundle branch block,complete (ECG)
- EKG/Left-axis deviation (ECG)
- EKG/Septal vector increased (ECG)
- EKG/LVH signs (ECG)
- EKG/Voltage criteria LVH abnormal (ECG)
- EKG/Changes/abnormalities (ECG)
- X-RAY
- Xray/Chest abnormal
- Xray/Enlarged left atrium/Chest
- Xray/Heart border left/bulging lower third/Chest
- Xray/Large heart shadow/Chest
- Xray/Chest/Lung fields/Abnormal
- Ultrasound
- Echo/Echocardiogram Abnormal
- Echo/Ventricular hypertrophy/thickened wall
- Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm
- Left atrial hypertrophy
- Left bundle branch block
- Left ventricular hypertrophy
- Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
- CLASS/Cardiovascular (category)
- CLASS/Heart disorder (ex)
- CLASS/Myocardial involvement/disorder (ex)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Myocardial Ischemia Functional
- Pathophysiology/Right ventricular enlargement/physiology
- Process
- PROCESS/Hypertrophic/Hyperplastic disorder (ex)
- PROCESS/Reference organ/system (category)
- Synonyms
- Synonym
- Hypertrophies Left Ventricular, Hypertrophy Left Ventricular, Hypertrophy ventricular left, Left ventricular enlargement, Left Ventricular Hypertrophies, left ventricular hypertrophy, Left ventricular hypertrophy (disorder), LV hypertrophy, LV+ Left ventric hypertrophy, LV+ Left ventricular hypertrophy, LVH, LVH Left ventric hypertrophy, LVH Left ventricular hypertrophy, Ventricular Hypertrophies Left, Ventricular hypertrophy ((left)), Ventricular Hypertrophy Left, Synonym/LVH
- Definition
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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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