Open AccessViability, Remodeling, and CABG
Author(s) -
Marvin A. Konstam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.03.012
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , ejection fraction , ventricular remodeling , myocardial infarction , elongation , heart failure , materials science , metallurgy , ultimate tensile strength
Following myocardial infarction, left ventricular (LV) remodeling is characterized by increased LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (ESV) and decreased LV ejection fraction (EF) [(1)][1]. This process is driven by elongation of infarcted zones and changes within the unaffected myocardium,
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