Drugs for left ventricular remodeling in heart failure

M Frigerio, E Roubina - The American journal of cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling (ie, enlargement and functional deterioration occurring over
time) is among the main mechanisms of progression in heart failure (HF). LV dilatation and …

Critical review of heart failure: The role of left ventricular remodeling in the therapeutic response–Cohn: Remodeling in heart failure

JN Cohn - Clinical cardiology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Recent clinical investigations have provided new insights into physiologic alterations taking
place as heart failure progresses. As a result, new end points may be more relevant to …

Cardiac remodeling—concepts and clinical implications: a consensus paper from an international forum on cardiac remodeling

JN Cohn, R Ferrari, N Sharpe… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
Cardiac remodeling is generally accepted as a determinant of the clinical course of heart
failure (HF). Defined as genome expression resulting in molecular, cellular and interstitial …

Ventricular remodeling and its prevention in the treatment of heart failure.

RD Patten, JE Udelson, MA Konstam - Current opinion in cardiology, 1998 - europepmc.org
Ventricular remodeling refers to changes in left ventricular (LV) geometry, mass, and volume
in response to myocardial injury or alterations in load. The extent of LV dilatation or …

Assessment of ventricular remodeling in heart failure clinical trials

JN Kirkpatrick, M St. John Sutton - Current heart failure reports, 2012 - Springer
Adverse remodeling involves a complicated process of structural and functional changes in
the left ventricle (LV). LV remodeling is progressive and, if left unchecked, culminates in …

Ventricular remodeling in heart failure

MA Gaballa, S Goldman - Journal of cardiac failure, 2002 - Elsevier
This review briefly highlights the major mechanisms of left ventricular (LV) remodeling
following myocardial infarction in heart failure and presents novel strategies to limit infarct …

Ventricular remodeling in heart failure and the effect of β-blockade

JE Udelson - The American journal of cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling has an important role in the progression of cardiovascular
disease. An understanding of the process of LV remodeling has led to greater knowledge of …

Relation between left ventricular remodeling and clinical outcomes in heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

JE Udelson, MA Konstam - Journal of cardiac failure, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: A major advance in understanding the pathophysiology of the heart failure
syndrome has been an understanding of the process of left ventricular (LV) remodeling. After …

Severity of left ventricular remodeling defines outcomes and response to therapy in heart failure: Valsartan heart failure trial (Val-HeFT) echocardiographic data

M Wong, L Staszewsky, R Latini, S Barlera… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the severity of left
ventricular remodeling predicts the response to treatment and outcomes in chronic heart …

Reliability of ventricular remodeling as a surrogate for use in conjunction with clinical outcomes in heart failure

MA Konstam - The American journal of cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier
As the number of treatments for heart failure (HF) increases and mortality decreases in the
setting of clinical trials, the size of the study population required to demonstrate an …