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Left ventricular remodelling and dysfunction. Can the process be prevented?
International journal of cardiology - 15 Jan 2000
Willenheimer R
Abstract excerpt
Due to continuous remodelling myocardial dysfunction is a progressive condition. Even if the initial event is so mild that it causes no immediate cardiac dysfunction (e.g. a small myocardial infarction), the remodelling process is triggered. Although the remodelling process can be adaptive, the process becomes maladaptive when the stimuli are continuous and pathological. A similar remodelling process is seen in...
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