Right ventricular pathology in chronic pulmonary hypertension

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作者
Bradley, SP [1 ]
Auger, WR [1 ]
Moser, KM [1 ]
Fedullo, PF [1 ]
Channick, RN [1 ]
Bloor, CM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,MED CTR,DEPT PATHOL,SAN DIEGO,CA 92103
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10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00372-4
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Right ventricular free wall biopsy specimens in 40 patients undergoing surgery for relief of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension were normal in 5%, disclosed only myocyte hypertrophy in 80%, mild focal fibrosis in 12.5%, and myocarditis in 2.5%. There was no relation between postsurgical functional or hemodynamic outcomes and the presence of focal fibrosis.
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