DEAR DR. ROACH: I have high blood pressure. My most recent echocardiogram said I have a "hyperdynamic left ventricle," "concentric left ventricular hypertrophy" and "abnormal left ventricle relaxation ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter, age 52, was recently diagnosed with hyperdynamic heart syndrome. She is unable to explain exactly what it is, though, and everything I find on the Internet is thick in ...
Ronald H. Wharton, MD: Greetings. This is Ronald Wharton. I am a cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and assistant professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of ...
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 because of another heart ...