Skip Navigation

Cardiovascular Research 2003 58(3):495-497; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00369-9
© 2003 by European Society of Cardiology
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Reddy, H. K.
Right arrow Articles by Komatireddy, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Reddy, H. K.
Right arrow Articles by Komatireddy, R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Copyright © 2003, European Society of Cardiology

Structural correlates of electrical remodeling in ventricular hypertrophy

Hanumanth K. Reddy*, Sanjeev Wasson, Santhosh K.G. Koshy and Ravi Komatireddy

Division of Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA

reddyh@health-missouri.edu

* Corresponding author. 318 McHaney Hall, University of Missouri Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA. Fax: +1-573-884-7743.

Received 2 March 2003; accepted 1 April 2003

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

See article by Peschar et al. [2] (pages 510–517) in this issue.

Ventricular remodeling is an adaptive change in cardiac chamber structure and function in response to volume and/or pressure overload. In the last few years, it became clear that this process also involves the electrical system of the ventricular chambers. Electrical remodeling associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure causes an increased frequency of ventricular ectopy and a high risk of cardiac arrest. The degree of electrical remodeling and arrhythmic risk is not directly proportional to the severity of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. For example, in the VHeFT study (Veterans Administration Heart Failure Trial), the risk of sudden cardiac death was greater in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   1 Correlation of electrical remodeling with structural remodeling
 

   2 Unanswered questions and future goals
 

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 ANGIOLOGYHome page
A. V. Mattioli, S. Bonatti, and G. Mattioli
Left Atrial Anatomy and Function After Conversion From Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Hearts
Angiology, January 1, 2007; 57(6): 717 - 723.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 J CARDIOVASC PHARMACOL THERHome page
S. Wasson, H. K. Reddy, and M. L. Dohrmann
Current Perspectives of Electrical Remodeling and Its Therapeutic Implications
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 1, 2004; 9(2): 129 - 144.
[Abstract] [PDF]