<unk>  <unk>  is thickening of the walls of a ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart. Although left<unk>  (LVH) is more common, right<unk>  (RVH), as well as concurrent<unk>  of both ventricles can also occur.<unk>  can result from a variety of conditions, both adaptive and maladaptive. For example, it occurs in what is regarded as a physiologic, adaptive process in pregnancy in response to increased blood volume; but can also occur as a consequence of<unk>  remodeling following a heart attack. Importantly, pathologic and physiologic remodeling engage different cellular pathways in the heart and result in different gross cardiac phenotypes.
Ventricular hypertrophy
Atrial enlargement
Myocardial disarray
Aortic unfolding
Cardiac fibrosis
Myocardial scarring
Ventricular remodeling
Hydrodilatation