Another active area of research in the laboratory focuses on unraveling the mechanisms behind maladaptive, or pathological, and adaptive, or physiological, cardiac hypertrophy. In response to certain ...

The presence of left ventricule hypertrophy (LVH) due to arterial hypertension may impair atrial function ... This study investigated whether mechanical dysfunction in the left atrium (LA) is present ...

Rigorous clinical algorithms are therefore required to assist in the differentiation between physiological and pathological remodeling ... Voltage criteria for LV hypertrophy (LVH) are frequently ...