Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes and hypertensive patients

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Apr;19(4):413-417. doi: 10.1111/jch.12977. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Abstract

Systemic hypertension and physical exercise are both associated with cardiac adaptations. The impact is most prominent on the left side of the heart, which hypertrophies leading to left ventricular hypertrophy. This article reviews structural and functional cardiac changes seen in hypertensive and athlete's hearts.

Keywords: Keywordsexercise/hypertension, hypertension/arrhythmias, left ventricular hypertrophy, otherDOI: 10.1111/jch.12977.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Athletes*
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / epidemiology
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*