Left ventricular hypertrophy is a form of cardiac remodeling that causes the heart wall muscle to thicken which leads to an increase in lv mass lvm.
What is concentric left ventricular remodeling.
Concentric hypertrophy is due to pressure overload while eccentric hypertrophy is due to volume overload.
1 4 lv remodeling may be produced by various physiological and pathological mechanisms.
A useful surrogate measure of remodeling is the left ventricular ejection fraction lvef.
Ventricular remodeling may include ventricular hypertrophy ventricular dilation cardiomegaly and other changes.
If remodeling improves the also lvef improves.
Typically as the size of the ventricle increases as it becomes more globular in shape and as the function of the cardiac muscle deteriorates the lvef worsens.