Editing Left ventricular hypertrophy (section)

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{{Infobox medical condition (new)
| name            = Left ventricular hypertrophy
| image           = Heart left ventricular hypertrophy sa.jpg
| caption         = A heart with left ventricular hypertrophy in short-axis view
| field           = [[Cardiology]]
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| complications   = [[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]], [[Heart failure]]<ref name="Maron Maron 2013 pp. 242–255">{{cite journal | vauthors = Maron BJ, Maron MS | title = Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | journal = Lancet | volume = 381 | issue = 9862 | pages = 242–255 | date = January 2013 | pmid = 22874472 | doi = 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60397-3 | publisher = Elsevier BV | s2cid = 38333896 }}</ref>
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| diagnosis       = [[Echocardiography]], [[cardiovascular MRI]]<ref name="Maron Maron 2013 pp. 242–255"/>
| differential    = [[Athletic heart syndrome#Diagnosis|Athletic heart syndrome]]
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'''Left ventricular hypertrophy''' ('''LVH''') is [[hypertrophy|thickening]] of the [[cardiac muscle|heart muscle]] of the left [[ventricle (heart)|ventricle]] of the [[heart]], that is, left-sided [[ventricular hypertrophy]] and resulting increased [[left ventricular mass]].