[citation needed] Long-standing mitral insufficiency also leads to LVH as a compensatory mechanism.

[5] The commonly used method to diagnose LVH is echocardiography, with which the thickness of the muscle of the heart can be measured.

The thickness of the left ventricle as visualized on echocardiography correlates with its actual mass.

MRI based measurement is considered the “gold standard” for left ventricular mass,[9] though is usually not readily available for common practice.

[16] Patients with LVH may have to participate in more complicated and precise diagnostic procedures, such as echocardiography or cardiac MRI.