How is cardiac hypertrophy harmful

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E
6th Edition
ISBN:9781133893943
Author:ESTRIDGE
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Chapter1: The Clinical Laboratory
Section1.11: Capillary Puncture
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How is cardiac hypertrophy harmful

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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.The cardiac muscle mass increases due to prolonged and increased stress on the heart.

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