PMID: 8966052Jul 1, 1996Paper

Myocardial capillary changes and formation of the "wear complex of the hypertrophic heart

Patologicheskaia fiziologiia i èksperimental'naia terapiia
V A Frolov, P Ramdavon

Abstract

The myocardial capillary network was experimentally studied in aortic coarctation and decoarctation. Two factors were found to play an important role in the development of the wear complex of the hypertrophic heart. These included 1) failure of the myocardial capillary proliferation rate to keep up with increases in cardiac mass and 2) lag of mitochondrial hyperplasia and myofibrillar hypertrophy.

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