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What Does Left Anterior Enlargement In An ECG Mean?

Hi my name is Mmkmy, I am having a stress test done tomorrow morning, but one thing I have found out is .. is that my electro cardiogram showed left anterior enlargement, please tell me what that means and how serious id this, I do smoke even tho I have slowed down quite a lot and smoke on a e-cig, have blood pressure and my cloresteral has ran high most of my adult life. I hope you can help me with this, I would very greatful . Mary Kimble 60 yrs old
posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2014
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Hello,
taking your medical history into account, it seems that you had uncontrolled blood pressure for a long time. High blood pressure causes increased load on the heart, which results in heart muscle hypertrophy. This is easy to detect during the echo and needs treatment with antihypertensive drugs of the renin angiotensin system like the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or the angiotensin receptor blockers.

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What Does Left Anterior Enlargement In An ECG Mean?

Hello, taking your medical history into account, it seems that you had uncontrolled blood pressure for a long time. High blood pressure causes increased load on the heart, which results in heart muscle hypertrophy. This is easy to detect during the echo and needs treatment with antihypertensive drugs of the renin angiotensin system like the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or the angiotensin receptor blockers. King regards!