American heart journal
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American heart journal · May 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialLeft ventricular function and hemodynamic features of inappropriate left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with systemic hypertension: the LIFE study.
Predicted left ventricular (LV) mass for sex, height (2.7), and hemodynamic load can be used as an intrapatient reference for the observed LV mass. The ratio of observed/predicted LV mass may allow more physiologically correct comparisons of LV geometry, systolic and diastolic functions, and hemodynamics among hypertensive patients. ⋯ Among hypertensives with LV hypertrophy, iLVH identified cardiac phenotypes with a high prevalence of myocardial systolic dysfunction.