title: Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes and hypertensive patients.
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.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lovic
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pittaras
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faselis
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doumas
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kokkinos
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Keywordsexercise/hypertension, hypertension/arrhythmias, left ventricular hypertrophy, otherDOI: 10.1111/jch.12977