Detecting and preventing ventricular remodeling after MI.

Cleve Clin J Med · 1997

review · Level V

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Abstract

Infarct expansion carries a poor prognosis. Echocardiography can identify this condition by identifying distortion of the ventricular topography. In this review we discuss the acute and long-term effects of thrombolysis on infarct expansion and subsequent left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction.