IMPLICATIONS OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR REMODELING IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Authors
MARON BJ SPIRITO P
Citation
Bj. Maron et P. Spirito, IMPLICATIONS OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR REMODELING IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, The American journal of cardiology, 81(11), 1998, pp. 1339
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
81
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)81:11<1339:IOLRIH>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Left ventricular remodeling occurs spontaneously among patients with h ypertrophic cardiomyopathy in several ways: (1) wall thickening in chi ldren; (2) wall thinning associated with cavity enlargement in midlife ; and possibly (3) a very gradual wall thinning process occurring over long periods of time in: adulthood.