Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) caused by essential hypertension was considered as an independent risk factor causing various kinds of cardiovascular complications. LVH nearly correlates with degression of cardiac diastolic and systolic function, loss of coronary artery reserve potential and susceptibility to all kinds of arrhythmia. At present, it is regarded that the main pathologic changes of LVH are the hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes and the interstitial fibrosis of myocardium. The main ...