Preventing Or Reducing Enlarged Heart Decreases Risk Of Heart Failure

For high-blood-pressure patients, preventing or reducing enlarged heart reduces risk of heart failure. An estimated 20 percent of all high-blood-pressure patients, or 12 million Americans, have LVH and are at increased risk of developing heart failure. Previous studies have shown that hypertension doubles the lifetime risk for developing heart failure in men and triples the risk in women, accounting for 39 percent of new heart failure cases in men and 59 percent of incident cases in women.