title: What is left ventricular hypertrophy and is there a reason to regress left ventricular hypertrophy?
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. mweir@medicine.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology; D004035:Diet Therapy; D004548:Elasticity / Q000502:physiology; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
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