Open AccessAsymptomatic Obese Hypertensives and Need of Routine Echocardiography for Left Ventricular Mass Assessment and Treatment
Author(s) -
Bindu Garg,
Nirmal Yadav,
Harsha Vardhan,
Ajanta De
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6227.3235
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , left ventricular hypertrophy , ventricle , cardiology , body mass index , population , overweight , concentric hypertrophy , muscle hypertrophy , blood pressure , environmental health
Echocardiographic determination of Left Ventricle Mass (LVM) - an important marker of cardiovascular disease, has been given a lot of importance in clinical diagnosis and in planning of treatment. Clinically asymptomatic compensated hypertensives show some pathological findings which are indicative of left ventricular dysfunction.