Role of apoptosis in adverse ventricular remodeling
A Abbate, J Narula - Heart failure clinics, 2012 - heartfailure.theclinics.com
Heart failure is a progressive disease. The substrate for symptomatic heart failure may exist
long before the symptoms occur. Stage B heart failure refers to a condition in which the heart
is structurally abnormal (such as after an acute myocardial infarction [AMI]), yet the clinical
symptoms and signs of heart failure may not be present. 1, 2 Unlike stage B, stage A refers
to clinical conditions that predispose to heart failure but in which the heart is considered to
be structurally normal. In stage C, structural heart disease is associated with symptoms of …
long before the symptoms occur. Stage B heart failure refers to a condition in which the heart
is structurally abnormal (such as after an acute myocardial infarction [AMI]), yet the clinical
symptoms and signs of heart failure may not be present. 1, 2 Unlike stage B, stage A refers
to clinical conditions that predispose to heart failure but in which the heart is considered to
be structurally normal. In stage C, structural heart disease is associated with symptoms of …
