Current Issue April 2012 | Vol. 8, No. 2

Current Topic

Stage B, a Pre-cursor of Heart Failure, Part IIGuest Editors: Jay N Cohn, MD, FACC, and Gary Francis, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP

The structural abnormalities and the various mechanisms that may contribute to their progression were extensively covered in the first issue. Based on these descriptions, time-dependent worsening of the structural abnormalities and the development of a symptomatic functional abnormality are likely consequences. Thus, clinical assessment to detect and monitor these structural abnormalities and therapeutic approaches to slow or reverse them become a challenge in clinical management.