Outcomes of left ventricular reconstruction when established parameters are followed, and subsequent questions

The shape of a volume

“…This new vision obviously applies to any kind of myocardial disease. Any single cause of cardiomyopathy interferes with the normal fibers' architecture, leading to various degrees of fibers' disarrangement, whether altering their orientation (dilated), or damaging their continuity (ischemic) or reducing their elasticity (inflammatory and toxic) [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

Time series analysis of physiologic left ventricular reconstruction in ischemic cardiomyopathy

“…The role of myocardial fibers' orientation and their direct functional expression, LV torsion, recently have gained attention and interest both in normal hearts and in pathologic conditions, including ischemic cardiomyopathy. [9][10][11][12][13][14] Torsion is the functional expression of the normal 3-dimensional architecture of the LV wall. The shortening of obliquely oriented fiber bundles obtains the opposite twisting of the apex and the base of the ventricle, squeezing the ventricular chamber in highefficiency, energy-sparing mechanics.…”