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Leancă SA, Crișu D, Petriș AO, Afrăsânie I, Genes A, Costache AD, Tesloianu DN, Costache II. Left Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction: From Physiopathology to Treatment. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:1111. [PMID: 35892913 PMCID: PMC9332014 DOI: 10.3390/life12081111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide, with an incidence relatively high in developed countries and rapidly growing in developing countries. The most common cause of MI is the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with subsequent thrombotic occlusion in the coronary circulation. This causes cardiomyocyte death and myocardial necrosis, with subsequent inflammation and fibrosis. Current therapies aim to restore coronary flow by thrombus dissolution with pharmaceutical treatment and/or intravascular stent implantation and to counteract neurohormonal activation. Despite these therapies, the injury caused by myocardial ischemia leads to left ventricular remodeling; this process involves changes in cardiac geometry, dimension and function and eventually progression to heart failure (HF). This review describes the pathophysiological mechanism that leads to cardiac remodeling and the therapeutic strategies with a role in slowing the progression of remodeling and improving cardiac structure and function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sabina Andreea Leancă
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
| | - Daniela Crișu
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
| | - Antoniu Octavian Petriș
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
- Department of Internal Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. University nr. 16, 700083 Iasi, Romania;
| | - Irina Afrăsânie
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
| | - Antonia Genes
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
| | - Alexandru Dan Costache
- Department of Internal Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. University nr. 16, 700083 Iasi, Romania;
- Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital, 700661 Iasi, Romania
| | - Dan Nicolae Tesloianu
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
| | - Irina Iuliana Costache
- Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Bd. Independentei nr. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (S.A.L.); (A.O.P.); (I.A.); (A.G.); (D.N.T.); (I.I.C.)
- Department of Internal Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. University nr. 16, 700083 Iasi, Romania;
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