Sydämen hypertrofian ja kroonisen vajaatoiminnan farmakologinen hoito
Journal: Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Year: 2011

Chronic heart failure is a major worldwide health problem. It is a complex and severe syndrome caused by different kinds of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac hypertrophy is frequently caused by hypertension and can lead to abnormality in heart contraction, activation of many neurohumoral mechanism and heart failure. The most important neurohormonal mechanisms of heart failure are activation of sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, insufficiently contracting left