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Cell adaptation: hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, metaplasia
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A 58-year-old man has had poorly controlled hypertension for several years. Echocardiography shows a thickened left ventricular wall. Tissue analysis shows enlarged cardiac myocytes with increased contractile material, without a substantial increase in myocyte number.