Characteristics of the process of late remodeling of the heart after myocardial infarction and their value for prognosis

Echocardiography and doppler echocardiography were used for the study of la te cardiac remodeling in 59 patients who had undergone an acute myocardial infarction. Patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the presence o f chronic heart failure after 6 months of follow-up. Comparative analysis s howed that the late left ventricular remodeling could be adaptive and disad aptive. Progressive left ventricular dilatation with transition to a more s pherical shape and development of eccentric hypertrophy with progressive ri se of myocardial stress were characteristic of patients with unfavorable co nsequences of acute myocardial infarction., Regression model was created,wh ich allowed to identify patients at increased risk of development of heart failure after myocardial infarction.