Open AccessReduction of myocardial hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement
Author(s) -
Andrijana Kostic-Mirkovic,
Ivan Otasevic,
Bosiljka Vujisić-Tešić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0703189k
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricle , regurgitation (circulation) , aortic valve replacement , stenosis , muscle hypertrophy , left ventricular hypertrophy , aortic valve , blood pressure
Aortic valve disease - stenosis and regurgitation are the cause of increased homodynamic stress of the left ventricle (LV) which then develops an adaptive mechanism of cardiac muscle hypertrophy. The aim of this study was to establish if aortic valve replacement procedure (AVR) reduces myocardial hypertrophy and if it does in what period of time.