Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Diagnosed by Echocardiography

Abstract

Echocardiography was used to differentiate left ventricular hypertrophy due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (20 cases) from that due to aortic valvular stenosis (10 cases) or systemic hypertension (10 cases). In aortic stenosis or hypertension symmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy was demonstrated with greater than normal thickness of both the ventricular septum and the posterior ventricular wall. The ratio of septal-to-posterior ventricular-wall thickness (mean ± S.D.) was the same as normal (1.2 ± 0.1).