title: Effect of acute myocardial infarction on the angle between the mitral and aortic valve plane.
abstract: The present study shows that acute myocardial infarction affects the left ventricle at the base as well as in the infarct region by widening of the angle between the mitral and aortic valve planes. The valve plane angle did not change over time despite significant recovery of left ventricular function, suggesting that acute myocardial infarction causes irreversible structural changes in the left ventricular myocardium remote from the infarct region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6422, USA.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Harmon
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology