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Last Update: 12/28/2023 09:26 PM
Current Deck: Duke Pathoma::01_cells
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How does the heart respond to persistent hypertension? What are the two basic types of cardiac hypertrophy and what causes them?
Back
Being a permanent tissue, it grows via hypertrophy.
Pressure overload → concentric hypertrophy (sarcomeres added in parallel. HCM)
Volume overload → eccentric hypertrophy (sarcomeres added in sequence. DCM)
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