Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), also known as an enlarged heart, is associated with a nearly two times higher risk of dementia according to a recent University of Minnesota School of Public Health study published in the American Heart Journal. 3D Model of the heart by Dr. Matthew Bramlet. Credit: NIH LVH is a condition in which the muscle wall of the heart‘s left pumping chamber (ventricle) becomes thickened...