Hypertension: There are three major things central to hypertension. They include increased systemic vascular resistance, increased vascular stiffness and increased vascular responsiveness to stimuli.
Hypertrophy: Cells increase in size to deal with increased workload. With increased vascular resistance and vascular stiffness in the circulation distal to the heart (aka increased cardiac afterload), the heart cells in the left ventricle get bigger, leading to LVH.
LVH is a relatively early response to hypertension; it is even demonstrated on echocardiogram of children and adolescents with borderline hypertension. LVH may even begin before hypertension because the same factors (angiotensin II, norepinephrine, epinephrine, increased sympathetic drive, and endothelin) promoting both HTN and LVH .

Deadline: 1 June 2012
After Illuminati 2011 received a good response,with 90 poems and 19 short stories,we announce the second edition of the ManipalBlog annual short story and poetry contest – Illuminati 2012.
We encourage student writers in India to explore and celebrate their talents by sending in their new, untried work. Writers may try their hand in both the categories: Short Story and Poetry.
MANIPALBLOG ANNUAL SHORT STORY AND POETRY COMPETITION: ILLUMINATI 2012
Illuminati 2012: the 2nd ManipalBlog Annual short story and poetry contest