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  1. Left ventricular hypertrophy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 6, 2024 · Left ventricular hypertrophy is a thickening of the wall of the heart's main pumping chamber, called the left ventricle. This thickening may increase pressure within the heart. The …

  2. What Causes Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)? - Verywell Health

    Dec 7, 2025 · LVH develops either when the force or volume of blood within the ventricle becomes excessive. Common conditions that cause LVH are high blood pressure and aortic …

  3. What is Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)? - American Heart …

    May 30, 2024 · Left ventricular hypertrophy, or LVH, is a term for a heart’s left pumping chamber that has thickened and may not be pumping efficiently. Sometimes problems such as aortic …

  4. Left ventricular hypertrophy - Wikipedia

    Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is thickening of the heart muscle of the left ventricle of the heart, that is, left-sided ventricular hypertrophy and resulting increased left ventricular mass.

  5. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) - Cleveland Clinic

    Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a thickening of muscles in the walls of your lower left heart chamber. This happens when your heart works too hard to pump against high pressure and a …

  6. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) • LITFL • ECG Library Diagnosis

    Oct 10, 2024 · A review of ECG features of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), including voltage and non-voltage criteria

  7. Understanding Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)

    When you have LVH, the muscle wall of the left ventricle becomes thick (hypertrophy) and enlarged. LVH can happen over time if you have certain health conditions that overwork the …

  8. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment

    Dec 21, 2022 · Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is when the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes thicker and less able to pump blood efficiently. It usually develops …

  9. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Electrocardiogram - My EKG

    Mar 17, 2025 · Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the increase in the size of the myocardial cells (not the number of them) in response, in most cases, to an increase in cardiac work.

  10. Left ventricular hypertrophy: Clinical findings and ECG diagnosis

    Feb 14, 2025 · Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) refers to an increase in the size of myocardial fibers in the main cardiac pumping chamber. Such hypertrophy is usually the response to a …