What is cardiomyocyte hypertrophy?
What is cardiomyocyte hypertrophy? Cardiac hypertrophy is the abnormal enlargement, or thickening, of the heart muscle, resulting from increases in cardiomyocyte size and changes in other heart muscle components, such as extracellular matrix. Is eccentric hypertrophy good? Eccentric hypertrophy is generally regarded as healthy, or physiologic hypertrophy and is often termed “athlete’s heart.” It is […]