Ventricular remodeling pathophysiology

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad I. Barouqa, M.D.

Ventricular remodeling can be either physiological or pathological. Physiological changes occur in cases of pregnancy, exercise and post-natal growth and are considered to be normal, whereas pathological remodeling occurs secondary to cardiac injury and may result in arrhythmia and heart failure.