What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to explore the factors contributing to left ventricular hypertrophy in individuals with hypertension and its implications for health.

January 1, 1999Hypertension ResearchOpen Access

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertension: Stimuli, Patterns, and Consequences.

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Key result

Increased left ventricular mass predicts cardiovascular events and death independently of conventional risk factors, and reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with improved prognosis.

Design

Review

Authors

RDRichard B. DevereuxCornell University MRMary J. RomanCardiac Imaging

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Implication

LV mass assessment may refine hypertension risk stratification; leaves open whether regression improves outcomes in trials.

Key Points

This research aims to explore the factors contributing to left ventricular hypertrophy in individuals with hypertension and its implications for health.
Examined effects of obesity, hypertension, and cardiac volume load on left ventricular hypertrophy.
Identified geometric patterns of left ventricular adaptation in response to hypertension.
Assessed the cardiovascular implications of increased left ventricular mass and function.
Increased left ventricular mass is independently associated with higher risk of cardiovascular events and mortality.
Concentric hypertrophy linked to higher arterial pressure; eccentric hypertrophy associated with obesity.
Reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy correlates with improved health outcomes.

PICO

Population

Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Increased left ventricular mass in hypertension is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events and death, and its reversal is associated with improved prognosis.

Limitations

Study populations in available regression studies have been relatively small, almost entirely white, and predominately male.
Available analyses have not modeled the mathematical relation between the change in LV mass and the proportionate or absolute change in the risk of subsequent morbid events.

Cite This Study

Devereux et al. (1999) conducted a review in Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Increased left ventricular mass predicts cardiovascular events and death independently of conventional risk factors, and reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with improved prognosis.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d6ef3e51d8d6d0c09b91c https://doi.org/10.1291/hypres.22.1

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Hypertension management Echocardiography

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