The association between left ventricular mass index and coronary collateral circulation in patients with chronic total occlusion

• Main Authors: Mehmet Serkan Çetin (Author), Elif Hande Özcan Çetin (Author), Kadir Ocak (Author), Özlem Özcan Çelebi (Author), Dursun Aras (Author), Ahmet Temizhan (Author), Sinan Aydoğdu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy predisposes the myocardium to ischemia through several mechanisms. The LV mass index (LVMI) is used as a readily available and reliable measurement of LV hypertrophy. The LVMI can also be used to evaluate LV remodeling. The hypothesis of this study was th...