© 1999 by European Society of Cardiology
Copyright © 1999, European Society of Cardiology
Passive ventricular restaint
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Received 17 August 1999; accepted 20 August 1999
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See article by Power et al. [4] (pages 549–555) in this issue.
The importance of ventricular remodeling as a factor in the progression of heart failure has been a recent concept supported by an abundance of animal and human research. The serial echocardiographic measurements obtained in clinical studies in heart failure provide evidence for the occurrence of progressive remodeling and its direct relationship to clinical