Abbildung 19: Linksventrikuläre Hypertrophie - Kardiovaskuläres Risiko
Patients with hypertension have an elevated risk of cardiovascular events compared with normotensive individuals. However, if hypertension is associated with LVH, the overall risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality increases even more. Data from the 32-year Framingham Heart Study follow-up of men aged 32–64 years show that the presence of LVH in patients with established hypertension nearly triples the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke, and increases the incidence of heart failure by about 7-fold.1 1. Kannel WB. Left ventricular hypertrophy as a risk factor in arterial hypertension. Eur Heart J 1992; 13 (Suppl D): 82–88.