Left ventricular hypertrophy is an increase in size and weight of the heart's main pumping chamber caused by elevated pressure or volume loads. It results in either a concentric or eccentric form of hypertrophy. Causes include hypertension, valvular diseases, congenital defects, and conditions increasing cardiac output. Pathological changes involve hypertrophy with or without chamber dilation, seen grossly as an enlarged or smaller left ventricle, and microscopically as enlarged individual muscle fibers and signs of degeneration from inadequate blood supply to support the hypertrophied tissue.
Left ventricular hypertrophy is an increase in size and weight of the heart's main pumping chamber caused by elevated pressure or volume loads. It results in either a concentric or eccentric form of hypertrophy. Causes include hypertension, valvular diseases, congenital defects, and conditions increasing cardiac output. Pathological changes involve hypertrophy with or without chamber dilation, seen grossly as an enlarged or smaller left ventricle, and microscopically as enlarged individual muscle fibers and signs of degeneration from inadequate blood supply to support the hypertrophied tissue.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy is an increase in size and weight of the heart's main pumping chamber caused by elevated pressure or volume loads. It results in either a concentric or eccentric form of hypertrophy. Causes include hypertension, valvular diseases, congenital defects, and conditions increasing cardiac output. Pathological changes involve hypertrophy with or without chamber dilation, seen grossly as an enlarged or smaller left ventricle, and microscopically as enlarged individual muscle fibers and signs of degeneration from inadequate blood supply to support the hypertrophied tissue.
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HYPERTROPHY • Hypertrophy of heart is defined as increase in size & weight of the myocardium.
• It generally results from increase pressure load
while increase volume load in hypertrophy with dialatation of the affected chamber due to regurgitation of the blood through incompetent valves It appears that streching of myocardial fibres in response to stress induces the cells to increase in length Others stimulating factors are anoxia ,influence of certain hormones ( CA s , Pituitatry growth hormone Causes of LVH • Systemic hypertension • Aortic stenosis and insufficiency • Mitral insufficiency • Coarctation of the aorta • Occlusive coronary artery disease • Congenital anomalies like septal defects and patent ductus arteriosis • Conditions with increased cardiac output e.g. thyrotoxicosis,anaemia,arteriovenous fistulae Pathological Changes
Concentric Hypertrophy – hypertrophy of
the myocardium without dilatation.
Eccentric hypertrophy – hypertrophy of
the myocardium with dilatation. Gross Findings In concentric hypertrophy – lumen of LV chamber is smaller than usual.
In eccentric hypertrophy – the lumen of LV
chamber is dilated.
In pure hypertrophy – the papillary muscles &
trabeculater carneae are rounded & enlarged. Microscopic Findings Increase in size of individual muscle fibres.
Multiple minute foci of degenerative changes &
necrosis in hypertrophied myocardium.
Changes arises as a result of relative hypoxia of
hypertrophied muscle as the blood supply is inadequate. THANK YOU
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