Editorial: Cardiac reverse remodeling after novel heart failure therapies

Figure 1. Back to the future of HF. Taking a cue from Gheorghiade's famous now-historical image illustrating the progression of HF syndrome (1), this figure hypothesizes that the diagnostic and therapeutic tools currently available can try to reverse the natural worsening of the disease and, as in a time machine, bring the heart back to less advanced stages of disease, prolonging survival and improving patients’ quality of life. HF: heart failure.