Answer (d) Hypertrophy, Pressure overload is wrong.

2. Hypertrophy is a parallel replication of myofibrils that thickens the LV. It is associated with Pressure overload not volume overload as shown in diagram #2. In pressure overload, Increased LV pressure leads to a thick muscular LV - like pumping iron. The LV wall is disproportional thickened. This thickening is due to parallel (side by side) building of sarcomeres.

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