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[Myocardium in chronic obstructive lung diseases]
Sovetskaia Meditsina
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The analysis of endomyocardial biopsies (10 specimens) and clinical observations suggests the conclusion: myocardial lesions in OPD patients with pulmonary hypertension are due to metabolic and hemodynamic disturbances. In addition to myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial dystrophy contributes to development of cor pulmonale.