… early stages after myocardial infarction who … ventricle following acute myocardial infarction
results from the loss of contractile function of the necrotic tissue, from expansion of the infarct …

… These beneficial effects of ACE inhibition therapy in preventing progressive ventricular
enlargement after myocardial infarction in experimental animals and patients provided the …

… with small infarctions and that the degree of ventricular enlargement in the chronic phase of
a myocardial infarction is related to the extent of the infarction.5 Since ventricular size is such …

… Left ventricular enlargement after myocardial infarction i!> a poor prognostic sign, the
mechanism of which has not been welldefined. Early left ventricular … , left ventricular dilation may …

… To discuss the important predictors of ventricular enlargement after myocardial infarction
and the appropriate time frame for the initiation of medical and pharmacologic therapy. …

… This ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction often is associated with a distortion
of the chamber contour and an unfavorable increase in the chamber volume-to-mass ratio…

… ventricular enlargement prior to myocardial infarction is unknown. A history of previous
myocardial infarction was the same (37%) in patients with and without initial enlargement of the …

… less ventricular dilation at 1 month after myocardial infarction … in those patients without
cardiac enlargement. 58 Given such … infarction, but also the progressive ventricular enlargement …

… Indeed, in this study the combination of ventricular enlargement and elevated plasma levels
of neurohormones at base line was associated with a higher risk of death than that found for …

… with resultant chamber enlargement. lo Such chamber enlargement accommodates the
volume overload, returning diastolic pressure to normal. The chamber enlargement also causes …