Inappropriate left ventricular mass and angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism

Under this scenario, it is poss-ible to discriminate between subjects with LVMappropriate to compensate an abnormal cardiacworkload at a given individual body size and gen-der, and those with LVM exceeding the value thatwould be normal for their loading conditions. Wetermed the latter condition ‘inappropriate LVM’. Inprevious reports we found that inappropriate LVMwas associated with relevant cardiovascular abnor-malities, suggesting that inappropriate LVM is ahigh-risk cardiac phenotype.