Left ventricular hypertrophy as a marker of adverse cardiovascular risk in persons of various age groups

Abstract The paper considers modern conceptions about the prognostic value of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) different types. The role of interaction of demographic, hemodynamic, regulatory, intracardiac factors in the formation of prognostic peculiarities in patients with different types of LVH is marked. The data of own investigations indicating that the left ventricular myocardial mass has not less important value in long-term general prognostication than belonging to a concentric or eccentric LVH type in elderly patients with hypertension are presented. Some data concerning left atrial dilatation as an inalienable component of the cardiovascular continuum in essential hypertension are submitted. Pathogenic and prognostic contribution of metabolic disorders associated with hypertension and abdominal obesity in the development of the heart's left parts structural and functional disorders is shown. Issues of long-term outcome in elderly hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome taking into account the peculiarities of left ventricular geometry are highlighted.