PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Popovlc, Aleksandar D.
AU  - Thomas, James D.
TI  - Detecting and preventing ventricular remodeling after MI
DP  - 1997 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 319--325
VI  - 64
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/6/319.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/6/319.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1997 Jun 01; 64
AB  - 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.