Myocardial fatty dystrophy in patients with Fallot tetralogy

Fatty degeneration (FD) was studied histochemically and ultrastructurally in surgical biopsies from 147 patients aged 22 days to 40 years with Fallot's tetralogy. FD was most pronounced in patients aged 3 to 6 years when the main part of cardiomyocytes completed the program of ontogenetical gro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inArkhiv patologii Vol. 65; no. 4; p. 40
Main Authors Egorova, I F, Sharykin, A S, Tumanian, M R, Plotnikova, L R, Amirkulov, B D
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.07.2003
Subjects
Adipose Tissue - ultrastructure
Adolescent
Adult
Aging - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular - etiology
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular - pathology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Myocardium - ultrastructure
Myocytes, Cardiac - ultrastructure
Tetralogy of Fallot - complications
Tetralogy of Fallot - pathology
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:Fatty degeneration (FD) was studied histochemically and ultrastructurally in surgical biopsies from 147 patients aged 22 days to 40 years with Fallot's tetralogy. FD was most pronounced in patients aged 3 to 6 years when the main part of cardiomyocytes completed the program of ontogenetical growth and started growing as hypertrophic mature cells. An increase of FD is considered as manifestation of an initial stage of hypertrophy of mature cardiomyocytes.
ISSN:0004-1955