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Notas:
Levy D, et al. Prognostic implications of echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass in the Framingham Heart Study. N Engl J Med 1990;322:1561–1566.
Schillaci G, et al. Continuous relation between left ventricular mass and cardiovascular risk in essential hypertension. Hypertension 2000;35:580–586.
The risk of a cardiovascular event rises progressively with each incremental increase in LVM.1
For each 50 g/m increase in LVMI detected by echocardiography, the risk of cardiovascular disease increased 1.5-fold in men and 1.6-fold in women, and the risk of all-cause mortality increased 1.5-fold in men and 2-fold in women.1
In the Framingham Heart Study, the relationship between LVH and cardiovascular risk was direct and continuous, with no apparent lower threshold of hypertrophy to indicate where higher cardiovascular risk begins, a result confirmed by subsequent studies.2
Levy D, et al. Prognostic implications of echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass in the Framingham Heart Study. N Engl J Med 1990;322:1561–1566.
Schillaci G, et al. Continuous relation between left ventricular mass and cardiovascular risk in essential hypertension. Hypertension 2000;35:580–586.
