Left ventricle hypertrophy and re-modeling in children with essential hypertension: does the race matter?
Daiji TakajoThomas S PrzybycienPreetha L BalakrishnanGirija NatarajanGautam K SinghSanjeev AggarwalPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2023)
There was no difference in the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in children with essential hypertension of different races. Obesity, rather than being African American, is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- african american
- blood pressure
- young adults
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- pulmonary hypertension
- risk factors
- left atrial
- weight gain
- coronary artery disease
- physical activity
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation