BP was measured by a trained nurse by using an automated device (Omron 705IT, Omron, Kyoto, Japan) after a 5-min rest with the patient seated. Based on the upper arm circumference, an appropriately ...

Thus, we hypothesized that the presence of reverse white-coat effect may promote LV hypertrophy, especially concentric hypertrophy, in treated hypertension. To assess the hypothesis, the present study ...

Weight gain and increased systolic BP in collegiate U.S. football players may be due to concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, arterial stiffening and reduced left ventricular diastolic function, ...

Objectives American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for the development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (C-LVH), an established cardiovascular risk factor in the general ...

Washington, DC - Baseline data from the ongoing Effect of Strict Blood Pressure Control and ACE Inhibition on the Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Pediatric Patients (ESCAPE) trial show ...

Background: The cardiac characteristics of various types of athletes have been defined by echocardiography. Athletes involved in predominately static exercise, such as bodybuilders, have been found to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After reading several of your columns, where readers asked if they are too old for some activity, I wanted to make older adults aware of their untapped reservoir of energy and ability.

I see a lot of endurance athletes in the heart-rhythm clinic. Most are men. I also pay attention to media reports of athletes who die on the field. They, too, are nearly always men. And sports ...

An autopsy on Rhonda Kern, a 14-year-old Allentown girl who died Jan. 18, the day after she was pulled unconscious from the Allen High School swimming pool, indicates she had a heart ailment ...