RIGHT-VENTRICULAR PATHOLOGY IN CHRONIC PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION

Authors
BRADLEY SP AUGER WR MOSER KM FEDULLO PF CHANNICK RN BLOOR CM
Citation
Sp. Bradley et al., RIGHT-VENTRICULAR PATHOLOGY IN CHRONIC PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION, The American journal of cardiology, 78(5), 1996, pp. 584
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:5<584:RPICP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Right ventricular free wall biopsy specimens in 40 patients undergoing surgery for relief of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension w ere normal in 5%, disclosed only myocyte hypertrophy in 80%, mild foca l fibrosis in 12.5%, and myocarditis in 2.5%. There was no relation be tween postsurgical functional or hemodynamic outcomes and the presence of focal fibrosis.