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Left ventricular hypertrophy is enlargement (hypertrophy) of the muscle tissue that makes up the wall of your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle). It develops in response to some factor, such as high blood pressure, that requires the left ventricle to work harder.
How do members experience left ventricular hypertrophy?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with left ventricular hypertrophy*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for left ventricular hypertrophy*
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Left ventricular hypertrophy is enlargement (hypertrophy) of the muscle tissue that makes up the wall of your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle). It develops in response to some factor, such as high blood pressure, that requires the left ventricle to work harder.
Common symptoms reported by people with left ventricular hypertrophy
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for left ventricular hypertrophy
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Compare treatments taken by people with left ventricular hypertrophy
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have left ventricular hypertrophy through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with left ventricular hypertrophy? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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