One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).    From Wordnik.com.  [Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently] Reference

First used for patients awaiting heart transplants, left-ventricular assist devices.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Thus even the high levels of left-ventricular hypertrophy observed in our study may have been under-estimated.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

He spent three years with Baxter Japan, where he led the product launch for the first 'left-ventricular assist device'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference

Called a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD), its purpose is to help a patient's weakened heart pump blood throughout the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

The NRG1-injected mice also lacked the left-ventricular dilation and cardiac hypertrophy that typify heart failure; both were seen in the controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The average left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), a measure of the heart's function, in the study was 25 percent, indicating moderate heart failure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Untreated, chronic anemia can speed disease progression and, over time, can lead to a dangerous thickening of the heart muscle called left-ventricular hypertrophy, among other complications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Telmisartan did reduce hospitalizations for cardiovascular reasons and left-ventricular hypertrophy, and fewer patients had the combination of macrovascular and microvascular events plus microalbuminuria.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

A higher prevalence of cardiac hypertrophy and abnormal left-ventricular remodeling was also observed among Hispanics from Mexico, despite a lower prevalence of hypertension in that population, Dr. Rodriguez and his colleagues demonstrate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

In findings reported in January in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, researchers at UAB say that low right-ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) increased the risk of death in patients with systolic heart failure - heart failure associated with low left-ventricular ejection fraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Administration of a potent sEH inhibitor (sEHI) prevented the pathogenesis of the Ang II-induced hypertrophy, as demonstrated by decreased left-ventricular hypertrophy assessed by echocardiography, reduced cardiomyocyte size, and attenuated expression of hypertrophy markers, including atrial natriuretic factor and β-myosin heavy chain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue] Reference

Heart failure associated with low left-ventricular ejection fraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference