Preoperative risk profile and systemic hypertension are key determinants of long-term left ventricular hypertrophy regression after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis.
Left ventricular hypertrophy regression for patients who survived up to 10 years after AVR for AS is dependent on the preoperative risk profile indicating that irreversible myocardial disease is the underlying factor. Systemic hypertension is an important factor in its own right.
Ole Lund (Fri,) studied this question.