[Left ventricular remodeling in patients with arterial hypertension].
The subjects of the study were 85 patients with arterial hypertension alone or in combination with coronary heart disease with stable stenocardia attacks and postinfarction cardiosclerosis. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the peculiarities of left ventricular (LV) remodeling in such patients. The study demonstrated peculiarities of the structural and geometric indices in men and women, as well as their connection with the process progression within the framework of the cardiovascular continuum. The authors offer an original scheme of the dynamics of cardiovascular system condition in connection with exposure to risk factors and the forming of concentric or eccentric LV hypertrophy. The studies of structural changes included in the scheme may serve as a study model of the most important mechanisms responsible for progression or regression of the pathological changes in the LV at particular stages of the disease.
Ivanov
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Vyzhimov
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*