2006-10-20 22:59:07 · 4 answers · asked by mrzaid05 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Different approaches have been considered including surgically resecting a wedge of heart tissue with very limited success. The hallmark of improving the condition is establishing the cause of the condition. There are several reversible causes that come to mind immediately that can all contribute to pathologic heart hypertrophy
- Irregular heart rhythm
- Ischemic heart disease
- A dysfunctional valve or valves.
- High blood pressure
- Obstructive sleep apnea
If any of these conditions exist and can be improved or fixed, this will help the condition tremendously. A medication, Coreg, is a unique B-Blocker that has properties very useful in allowing the heart to beat more slowly, more robustly and improve ejection fraction (the percentage of blood that is ejected per beat - essentially heart efficiency). These measures may slightly reverse hypertrophy but they certainly arrest worsening of the condition. And it may not be necessary to worry about a little. After all a little hypertrophy is not necessarily a horrible thing - any highly conditioned athlete has non-pathologic cardiac hypertrophy.
I hope this helps. Good luck.
2006-10-21 02:41:56 · answer #1 · answered by c_schumacker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, only a transplant will remedy this, and meds will help alleviate the condition.
2006-10-21 03:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by theophilus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it hypertrophied to work harder and it is irreversible.
2006-10-21 01:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-20 22:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by FLOWERGRL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋