What does heart ventricular septal thickening mean?

Interventricular septal thickening is a diagnosis of color Doppler ultrasound. Normally, the thickness of the ventricular septum is less than 11 mm.

When it reaches 12mm or more, it indicates an abnormal condition. Ventricular septal thickening may be caused by hypertension. Due to increased cardiac work after the onset, the myocardium plays a compensatory role and becomes hypertrophic for a long time. Patients with ventricular septal thickening need to control their blood pressure to prevent the disease from continuing to develop and may cause cardiac function damage.