Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Types of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)

 Types of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)

LVH = increase in the mass of the left ventricle (LV)

Caused due to:
1. enlargement of the muscle cells
2. extracellular fibrosis

Concentric LVH 
- occurs in response to pressure overload
- examples: aortic stenosis or hypertension
- associated with: reduced cavity size

Eccentric hypertrophy
- occurs in response to volume overload
 -examples: aortic or mitral regurgitation
- associated with: dilation

LVH is also classified based on the cause
Due to primary condition (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)
Secondary to pathology (hypertension, myocardial infarction, and valvular heart disease)

That's all!
-IkaN
Posted by

1 comment:

  1. UnknownDecember 22, 2020 at 12:12 PM

    also when there is concentric dilation there is diastolic hearty failure n when there is eccenteric hypertrophy there is systolic heart failure mostly DCMP

    ReplyDelete

This is express yourself space. Where you type create something beautiful! <3
Wondering what do I write? Well...
Tell us something you know better. You are a brilliant mind. Yes, you are! ^__^
Ask about something you don't understand @_@?
Compliment... Say something nice! =D
Be a good critic and correct us if something went wrong :|
Go ahead. Comment all you like here! (:

PS: We have moderated comments to reduce spam. ALL comments that are not spam will be published on the website.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)