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  • Title: Physiologic and pathologic myocardial hypertrophy--physiologic and pathologic regression of hypertrophy?
    Author: Simko F.
    Journal: Med Hypotheses; 2002 Jan; 58(1):11-4. PubMed ID: 11863392.
    Abstract:
    Hypertrophy of the left ventricle is an adaptive phenomenon of ambiguous biological value. It enables improvement of the heart performance without substantial enhancement of energetic demands. On the other hand, pathologic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is characterized by increased fibrosis, diminished coronary flow reserve and protein remodeling, resulting in increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Achievement of LVH regression is thus considered a principal therapeutic aim. However, the reversal of LVH is a very complex process in which both hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic alterations participate. Reversal of LVH does not mean the re-expression of the original genotype and normalization of myocardial structure and function. It does not guarantee that the heart will be normal in all aspects. Regression of hypertrophy induced by different therapeutic means may exhibit different properties and patterns, with variable biological implications. Physiologic growth stimulators seem to induce LVH without prognostically undesirable alterations. It is a challenge to determine which approach to treatment of hemodynamic overload and concomitant LVH is optimal.
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