BP was measured by a trained nurse by using an automated device (Omron 705IT, Omron, Kyoto, Japan) after a 5-min rest with the patient seated. Based on the upper arm circumference, an appropriately ...

Details of our study protocol have been previously described. 8 In brief, this community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in XinYang County, located in the middle region of China from 2004 to ...

Objectives: As evidence on the predominant type of cardiac hypertrophy due to endurance running training is inconsistent, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of increased training ...

Objectives American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for the development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (C-LVH), an established cardiovascular risk factor in the general ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is common in patients with cardiovascular disease, in those with cardiovascular risk factors, and in healthy individuals. Although electrocardiography is a ...

The childhood onset of idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy that occurs without a family history of cardiomyopathy can portend a poor prognosis. Despite morphologic similarities to genetic cardiomyopathies ...