Nonmyocyte apoptosis and LV hypertrophy

Listen as our Editor in Chief William C. Stanley interviews lead author Stephen F. Vatner (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) and expert Joseph A. Hill (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) with an intellectual yet entertaining discussion of the recently published article by Gelpi et al on non-myocyte apoptosis and LV hypertrophy. Ricardo J. Gelpi, Misun Park, Shumin Gao, Sunil Dhar, Dorothy E. Vatner, and Stephen F. Vatner. Apoptosis in severe, compensated pressure overload predominates in non-myocites and is related to the hypertrophy but not function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 300: H1062-H1068, 2011.