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Left ventricular dysfunction: causes, natural history, and hopes for reversal.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Armstrong, Paul Wayne |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | Left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) with subsequent congestive heart failure (CHF) constitutes the final common pathway for a host of cardiac disorders. Coronary artery narrowing or ischaemic heart disease is the dominant cause of heart failure and is often associated with acute or prior myocardial infarction. The remaining aetiologies include cardiomyopathy, hypertension, and a variety of other factors such as valve disease or myocarditis. Heart failure is an enormous problem. Data from the Framingham heart study shows that it develops in approximately 16% of men and 18% of women who have diabetes; 12% of men and 8% of women who have hypertension; and 30% of both sexes who have myocardial infarction. Interestingly, over the second half of the 20th century there has been a striking increase in the frequency of coronary artery disease and diabetes as aetiological factors for CHF, whereas the impact of hypertension and rheumatic valve disease has declined. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/84/suppl_1/i15.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 10956313v1 |
| Volume Number | 84 |
| Journal | Heart |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Arteriopathic disease Cardiomyopathies Congestive heart failure Coronary Artery Disease Diabetes Mellitus Heart Diseases Heart valve disease Hope (emotion) Hypertensive disease Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Ischemia Myocarditis Natural History Paget's Disease, Mammary Tachycardia, Ventricular Ventricular Dysfunction Ventricular Dysfunction, Left |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
