Can LVH be reversed?
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- When the heart is working for a prolonged time against increased pressure, it becomes more muscular and this increased muscularity is referred to as hypertrophy. As the left ventricle is responsible for pumping blood around the body, any pathology within the body which makes it more difficult to pump blood around may over a period of time, lead to left ventricular hypertrophy. A hypertrophied heart weighs a lot more than a non-hypertrophied heart.
Left ventricular hypertrophy is important for 2 main reasons:
It is a sign that the heart is under stress and therefore whenever we see it, we must try and identify the stressor
The left ventricular hypertrophy itself can cause us harm.
having had LVH due to an adrenal tumour and shocking blood pressure for best part of 3-4 years with 3 heart meds of varying types concurrently, once tumour removed and changed diet to low carb with intermittent fasting and exercise, lost excess weight and was able to stop all heart meds. The two subsequent heart scans shown no sign of LVH - so it can be done, have hope and listen to this excellent Dr. Thanks for all you do Dr. Gupta
@Andrew McDowell of course if I can be of help
@Andrew McDowell it was moderate i believe. My endocrinologist decided the tumour was responsible for the sky high BP/ the cardiologist attributed the LVH to the BP. I was on three concurrent heart meds which only kept the BP to about 150-160/95-105 ish. Plus variety of anti sickness drugs over the period -none of which managed to stop the vomiting or nausea. Re heart drugs tried so many combinations - none of which worked great, some produced bad side effects (visiting hospital bad on occasion) and suffered many pronounced side effects to drug combinations including uncontrollable shakes, random blisters, vomiting, erratic heart rhythms, insomnia, breathlessness, etc.
Thank u for sharing gives me hope God bless
Thanks for sharing this! Recently, I was diagnosed with LVH and I was told that it is not reversible. Your experience gives me hope.
@@itsmeatiq It's completely reversible as per many research journals that I have glanced through but the time for each person varies. I am in the same boat of LVH and was worried about it.
Thank you for this thorough but calming and reassuring video. Your great work and effort is truly appreciated.
It's good to see you again and your new video. Just let me say I really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos. Your a awesome Dr. And Teacher as well. I understand you probably have a very busy life but your videos mean a lot to alot of your follow'ers me included. We need more Doctors like you!!!!!! You and your family stay safe and well ♥️ kindest regards Teri😊
AWESOME you have put up the best explanation on LVH anywhere.
Great to have you back! Your talks are more important than you might think. I, being a physician, always admit that there's so much to learn from you. Can't wait for the house tour!
Dr. Thanks immensely for your resourceful video that coincidentally has to do with my condition. It's about four years I am suffering from LVH 3 - 3.1. The common symptoms I get are sporadic light pains and/or palpitations in my left chest. Where and how can I get medication that can help me, given that I am in Cameroon, West Africa?
You helped me tremendously with these two videos on LVH.. Thank you.
You do a wonderful job of explaining and teaching!
Absolutely brilliant, doctor. The complex made simple! I had an ecg today under peculiar circumstances. There was prolonged QT and T wave combo in conjunction with very high blood pressure. 180/118. They thus escorted me to AE nearby, had a blood test twice for topronin, which was found non-present. No arhythmia. Electrolytes good. Threshold rbc anaemia, probably copd related. I have stage 3 copd, greatly degraded over the past 12 months. I got a copy of the ecg, which I couldn't understand, obviously, but which I investigated on the NET, giving me a decent layman's understanding. Your talk put it all together for me, very clearly. They gave me an appointment at a cardiac clinic. I'm now up to speed, thank you so much. Keep up the good work, enjoy! 😊
Thank you for being such a selfless doctor. I have been diagnosed with LVH and 53 years of age. I have a stress test scheduled, will be doing a sleep study to check for sleep apnea. I am optimistic and know that right now I am in the best position I can be. Diagnosed and being treated. I love life!
Be well Dr! Be well Al viewers and family.
Another thing...all I can say to you is God bless and I hope when I meet with my new cardiologist he will be able to explain all these things to me also!! Thanks again for your videos...so helpful !!🙏
you need an award for the amount of times you said left ventricular hypertrophy towards the end. great video.
What an excellent understanding of this problem, you’ve done an excellent job conveying it... 👏👏👏
Delighted to hear the good news here. Thank you!
I had tears when you said "It can be reversed" Thank you, as not all doctors are the same.
My doctor said that it couldn’t be reversed.
I was about not to continue watching. i mean i can’t handle my anxiety anymore. glad i saw your comment first hand saying that he said it can be reversed.
@@jaquetta6123Not a doctor but many sources says it can be. Think it depends on the cause.
@@jerhzacarias me to. diagnosed with LVH :-((( that paves the way to heart failure...
my young cardioloigist-idiot doesn't even want to bother himself with finding the rooth cause of my LVH!
Me too amen thank you 🙏
Glad you're back Doc and congratulations on the new place?
Thank you so much for this video. It really gives me hope! Also, it helps me to understand what I should be discussing with my cardiologist.
You're a Godsend.
Thank you for this🌚
Godsend?...Naaaa!... God!
Thank you for giving a new heart patient hope. The doom and gloom is all I hear most of the time. It's so useful to have the facts and the sense of hope for the ability to reverse some of the damage I have. My only symptom of this problem was shortness of breath after eating. My doctor picked up on the problem and confirmed the diagnosis with an EKG in the office. Now onto a cardiologist for the Echo and possible stress test. My blood pressure has started to rise over my normal 115/75 in recent months. And I do snore so sleep apnea is a possibility. Hoping it's not too late to make significant, beneficial changes in my heart condition. Thanks again!
Please eat whole food plant based
Do the carnivore diet
Thank you for the chat. Your video was quite eye-opening. I will follow up with my physician for further information and care.
Only found this today, very informative and positive. Thank you and I hope you are able to continue with more in the future
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Thank you this very easy to understand explanation. I've been dealing with hbp for too many years. Only in the last 6 months have I found a Dr that is familiar with the disease and asked all the questions related to a possible cause you presented in this video. I better understand his treatment and tests. I'll be back to keep informed. Thanks again.
You're such a wonderful and encouraging person!!! ❤️ Thank you!!
This was so informative! Thank you for this and your channel.
Just found your channel this morning; first video watched, "Left Ventricular Hypertrophy", streamed in April of 2016. Great overall intro btw; dumbed down just right, at least for me. The second video of yours that I watched, this one. With just a little over 4 1/2 years time having elapsed, you're not looking the worse for wear. Appreciate your channel and its value to viewers like me.
Thumbs-Up, Subscribe; consider it done.
Loved your explanation and am looking forward to more.
This was a very good explanation of LVH and treatment. Clea👍 snd easy to understand.
Brilliant video Doctor !! Thanks so much 🙏
Thanks Dr. You are the best in terms of knowledge, decency , kindness and class. God bless you!!!
Ahmed Khalil from Orange County, California
This video has giving me hope and put my mind as ease.
Thank you so much Doctor
Dr Gupta, this was a very informative lesson. Your mastery of the material is impressive, you are a brilliant Dr. Thank you so much !!
Dr Sanjay.
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hello sir Dr shivam tomar from india I am doing my fellowship in noninvasive Cardiology and so glad that i found you on UA-cam...m watching all of your video and it helps me a lot to undrstand the subject....u changed my thinking any way of understanding of things..thank you a lot🙂
Dr. Shivam Tomar, Do you consult online
Your advice is so basic, mainly common sense but not easy with so many temptations in life. Things to do and things to refrain from doing. Much of our problems we bring on ourselves. If only we had listened to you! If only you were our doctor!
May God bless you, Dr. Sanjay!!! Very, very promising explanation. I love listening to you!!💚💚💚
The best explanation ever … thank you !
Thank you for this. A great explanation
Thanks for sharing your wonderful knowledge with me.
My pleasure! You're welcome - it'd mean a tonne if you'd consider subscribing to the channel
No doctor told me this could be reversed. Thought best was I could keep it from progressing further. Thanks so very much
Wonderful explanation. My EKG showed LVH and I’m so glad I found this tonight so I have a little more understanding. Very well done sir 🙌🏻
So u have lvh?
Where you ever taking or did you ever take anabolic steroids on a regular basis? They say that steroids can cause LVH.
Please eat whole food plant based
@@AaronEstebanSEOthey blame everything! Exercise, sleep apnea, etc.
Poor hormonal control can increase your BP & cause issues however. That’s the only correlation I’ve found.
Thanks for such great information!!
Excellent video. Thank you
Thank you so much dis review is actually very hopeful, inspiring and quite educating. God bless u
thanks so much.
please keep posting new videos.
greetings from srilanka
Thank you so much for this wonderful video.
Amazing video! Thank you
Great video 👍
You give a hope to cure my symptoms Thank you.
Thank you so much for this explaination.
Excellent video.
You’re awesome doctor. Thank you !
Very interesting, I need to get a scan to see if I have LVH. I'm surprised my Dr didn't organize one, as I have uncontrolled BP.
I just found out I have LVH by way of an echocardiogram. I knew something was wrong because every time I would exercise my blood pressure would drop drastically and I'd get dizzy and weak with blurred vision. I'm 71 and going to my cardiologist in 2 weeks for treatment if there is treatment. Frightening. They first gave me a heart monitor for a week and I had an ultrasound of my carotid artery and then a echocardiogram. Good luck on what you find out.
Excellent video...thank you!
For a minute I was so scared until he gave hope ! Thanks Doc
Man you aren't lying lol
@@johntoups6338 and I’m on telmisartan and a Calcium channel blocker 😁
@@27pugsly good luck with everything!!
@@johntoups6338 thanks it’s a scary diagnosis but good to know we can reverse it
@@27pugsly yeah, I'm just learning my heart is slightly thickened, so I've been diving into research. I love this channel
Thanks for wonderful explanation for VLH,god bless!
Thank you for your information ❤️
I love your videos! You have such a gift for explaining very complex heart issues. Could you please do a video on tricuspid regurgitation. I have been diagnosed with this condition, which is classified as moderate.
Very informative and helpful !!!
you are brilliant!,many thanks.
Great video. Thanks Doc.
Thank you!💗
thank you for the information
Now found your video Dr. Thanks a lot
Great service sir
Thanks for this video
Thanks for excellent video.
Can you provide references for the research papers you mentioned?
Thanks.
Excellent. Thank you.
Thank you for all you do for us!
GREAT GREAT DOCTOR !!!!
It is the best vedeo about LVH..
Love from India (kolkata)
Hi
I have LVH from having a bicuspid aortic valve and severe aortic stenosis. I'm having surgery this coming Monday to replace the aortic valve. This video has been useful for me, thanks.
Good morning doc I have been diagnosed LVH and my doctor prescribe high blood pressure and cholesterol control tab for 60 days . Thanks for giving clear idea about LVH
Are you okay now?
Thanks Sanjay, I will correspond with you on this...👍
The heart's left ventricle can also enlarge in endurance athlete's due to the adaptation of constant prolonged cardio conditioning. So why is that thought to be benign?
Thank you for all that you do.
Could you please do a video on HOCM and the best treatment for this combined with high blood pressure. Thank you. I appreciate all your videos ❤
Thank you so much Dr Gupta ❤
Thank you Dr. Gupta. You are doing a wonderful work for so many anxious patients like me. God bless you. It is very informative. Saw your videos only today and I have subscribed already 🙂. I want to ask you one question please. Does mildly thickened mitral valve sure to progress or it sometimes stays the same. I have trivial MVP( sometimes the report says mild and sometimes trivial) and mild (in some reports trivial) MR. I remember having a sore throat for a long time when I was a kid. And it went away. I'm 35 now. I was told to take penicillin 6 every 21 days which I did for three plus years and stopped. I have chest pains and shallow breathing to which my cardio said my heart won't cause me such symptoms. So I went to a gastrologist and was diagnosed with gerd. Symptoms gets little better during and after medication but it starts again. I want to get my regular echo done but I have to travel to another state to get it done since there are no cardio in our state as of now. I will be very happy if u reply. I wish I can mail you my echo reports. Thank you.
Well Done!
True harbinger of all goodness and wellbeing to mankind. May God bless u .
Doc could you please do a video on Aortic regurgitation.
It would be greatly appreciated..
Thank you so much 👏 at last we’ heard good news
Congrats on the new house.
Love these videos. I have this condition and take candesartan and gone plant based no salt and my condition is improving so have hope people
Thanks doc… good information
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Oh I wish I could find a doctor like you. I’ve been having palpitations (irregular beats) which make me feel really ill ( weak, dizzy, chest pressure, upper back ache). Been diagnosed with Costochondritis. But I’m not sure how this effects my heart. All heart test gave been ok. But I’m still getting these episodes when I do anything strenuous like lifting or pushing. If I can’t sort it soon I’m going to lose my job 🤷🏼♂️😔
Im no Dr. But ive had costochondritis & it has nothing to do with your heart.
Its your breast bone inflammation.
It will hurt anytime you use the chest muscles.
This is very common in the fall
Beautiful explanation Sir, THANK YOU SO MUCH❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I wish we had more doctors like you. It’s people like myself that really get anxiety over being told things like this and it’s as if the doctors don’t really care. I always had issues with somewhat high BP. Not one Doctor never really mentioned starting me on meds. It was the cut back on salt and exercise. I would do that for a few months lose weight and gain it back. Lose and gain. Always up and down. I eventually lost about 45lbs and felt great 2018-2019. I was vegan. Had a lot of energy and all.Went to the doctor last year Bc I had a bad chest cold. I wanted to make sure it wasn’t pneumonia. So they did an X-ray. And he sat me down and said my heart was huge. I knew the doctor personally, he was a friend of our family so he was like a uncle of mine. He said this isn’t good and started me on BP meds. He said my ekg was great. Blood work was normal from my previous visit . My heart sounds good but he wanted to do a echo, sadly he died suddenly and since then I’ve been terrified about my heart. Never got the echo. He told me it could be reversed if I eat better and work out. However now I’m having More palpitations. Anxiety through the roof. I picked up 18lbs since last December. Everything that excites me causes more pvcs. I’m scared to work out. Everything makes me feel nervous. I finally went to the doctor last week. My dr didn’t seem bothered when I told her about my heart enlargement diagnosis and I guess she looked at my record and said she seen a slight enlargement but nothing alarming she did another ekg and that was great. I recently started taking anxiety meds. I told her I would feel more comfortable just having a echo done and she said am I sure? Bc it can be costly if my insurance doesn’t cover most of it. It’s like she’s making me feel like I’m worrying over nothing. A year ago my doctor basically made me feel like I was dying by saying this isn’t good at all. Now I have a doctor saying well I can try to put in a order if that’s what you want. So I have an echo coming up at the end of the month and I’m just terrified that the years of me having high BP and damage to the heart can’t be reversed and eventually I’ll die of heart failure. I’m only 32. I’m married with two small kids and just the thought of me leaving early over my mistakes of eating bad as a young kid will cost me my life is depressing. I have no shortness of breath, no swelling, BP is normal. 115/74 . But still having more frequent pvcs.
How did your echo turn out?
Are you still with us?
U good?
Are you ok now?
Thank you!!
Thanks doc 👍
Thank you so much for explaining this. My wife just got diagnosed with LVH and we are concerned..
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Off topic but do you believe in CAC calcium score? I heard you could have a 0 but still have a blockage due to soft plaque? I had a O but still get chest pains?
Hi Sanjay ,thanks for your great vids.Do you think clogged arteries can be reversed naturally?
Aoa, Excellent doc. God bless you!
Thank you doctor.
Doctor, in the video called why we should not worry about numbers you said numbers are not so important but here as a main reason of LVH you say high blood pressure....can you clarify please?
Thanks for another great video Dr. Gupta!
So a family member (47/M) recently received his Transthoracic Echo Report results (tested due to Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation)
test notes included :
'Mildly dilated left atrium'
'Trace mitral regurgitation in the Mitral valve'
'Trace pulmonary regurgitation in the Pulmonic valve'
My question is, are these regurgitations preventable / correctable / a major concern?
And dialated atrium....does that mean an enlarged heart? Sounds scary
Kind regards and stay safe and healthy
I've had all these and they weren't mild and I'm still alive and kicking! It's important for us heart patients not to kill ourselves with worry. All the best to you. God bless.
Left ventricular hypertrophy is more common in people who have uncontrolled high blood pressure. But no matter what your blood pressure is, developing left ventricular hypertrophy puts you at higher risk of a heart attack and stroke👏
Can you make a video about isolated systolic hypertension? My mother’s BP has been like 152/70 on several occasions. The diastolic has always been in the 70s.
Their is a book by Dr. Joel Fuhrman it talks about blood pressure and it can be reversed with diet "Whole Foods" look into it and try it out.Hope your mom gets better. It' called "The End Of Heart Disease".
Thank you for this video ime having problems at the moment started some months ago on and off you describe my situation having this looked at at the moment 72 years old ,fainting and feeling sick and big sweating,
How are you now