Think Small and Examine the Constituents of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Heart Failure: Cardiomyocytes Versus Fibroblasts, Collagen, and Capillaries in the Interstitium

J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Sep 15;4(9):e002491. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002491.

Authors

Erik B Schelbert¹, Timothy C Wong¹, Mihai Gheorghiade²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S., T.C.W.) UPMC Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Pittsburgh, PA (E.B.S., T.C.W.).
² Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (M.G.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; collagen; left ventricular hypertrophy; magnetic resonance imaging; remodeling heart failure.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Female
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Ventricular Remodeling*