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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in humans is a common adaptive process induced by different physiological and pathological stimuli.
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Cuspidi, C., Lonati, L., Sampieri, L., Leonetti, G., Zanchetti, A. (1997). Physiological Versus Pathological Hypertrophy. In: Zanchetti, A., Devereux, R.B., Hansson, L., Gorini, S. (eds) Hypertension and the Heart. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 432. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5385-4_16
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