Regression of Myocardial Hypertrophy After Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
George Petrov,
Vera RegitzZagrosek,
Elke Lehmkuhl,
Thomas Krabatsch,
Anne Dunkel,
Michael Dandel,
Elke Dworatzek,
Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh,
Carola Schubert,
Eva Becher,
H. Hampl,
Roland Hetzer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.927764
Subject(s) - medicine , muscle hypertrophy , pressure overload , fibrosis , ejection fraction , cardiology , aortic valve replacement , myocardial fibrosis , left ventricular hypertrophy , stenosis , aortic valve stenosis , endocrinology , blood pressure , heart failure , cardiac hypertrophy
In patients with aortic stenosis, pressure overload induces cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Female sex and estrogens influence cardiac remodeling and fibrosis in animal models and in men. Sex differences and their molecular mechanisms in hypertrophy regression after aortic valve replacement have not yet been studied.
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