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Determination of the underlying etiology of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common, challenging, and critical clinical problem. The authors aimed to test whether pathological LVH, such as occurs in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertensive heart disease, or aortic stenosis, and physiological LVH in athletes, can be distinguished by means of left ventricular volume and geometric indices, derived from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK. steffen.petersen@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
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