Excessive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Moderate Degenerative Aortic Stenosis with Concomitant Mild Renal Impairment: An Ineffective Compensatory Mechanism Triggered by Primary Myocardial Dysfunction ?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.134
Abstract: Introduction Recent progress has been focused on severe aortic stenosis (AS), while its antecedent, moderate AS, still poses a clinical challenge. Notably, in moderate AS, depressed LV performance, like symptomatic status, may be due to… read more here.
Keywords: myocardial dysfunction; mechanism; dysfunction; aortic stenosis ... See more keywords
Primary Myocardial Fibrosis as an Alternative Phenotype Pathway of Inherited Cardiac Structural Disorders
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DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.032175
Abstract: Background: Myocardial fibrosis is a common postmortem finding among young individuals with sudden cardiac death. Because there is no known single cause, we tested the hypothesis that some cases of myocardial fibrosis in the absence… read more here.
Keywords: fibrosis; myocardial fibrosis; uncertain significance; cardiomyopathy ... See more keywords