Abstract
A descriptive study has been carried out to assess the role of anger in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy among 100 patients admitted in Cardiac Centre, with the specific objectives of assessing the Anger and left ventricular hypertrophy, Identification of the relationship between Anger and left ventricular mass, finding the association of Anger with left ventricular hypertrophy and finding the association of Anger and left ventricular hypertrophy with Socio-Demographic Characteristics. Tools were socio-demographic proforma and Novaco Anger inventory -short form. The major findings of the study shows that 52% of the population had no left ventricular hypertrophy, 48% had left ventricular hypertrophy, 51% had Moderate Anger, 30% had Severe Anger and 19% had Mild Anger, the anger and left ventricular mass shows excludable minimal positive correlation, the association of age, sex and occupation with left ventricular hypertrophy is highly significant.