Do We Need to Know the Left Ventricular Geometry Patterns of the Brazilian Population?

摘要

In this issue of the , Almeida et al. describe the left ventricular (LV) remodeling patterns frequencies found in a Brazilian population followed at primary healthcare clinics in Niterói city, state of Rio de Janeiro. The authors found that a LV abnormal geometry was present in up to 33% of 636 studied individuals (mean age 59.5±10.3 years old; 62% women). Eccentric LV hypertrophy (LVH) was the most common abnormal LV geometry pattern (29%), followed by concentric LVH and concentric remodeling (2% each).