Population
94 autopsy cases of both sexes, aged 2 months to 75 years, including normal and hypertrophied hearts of…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Challenges view of inherent coronary insufficiency in concentric hypertrophy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter practice.
This histometrical study demonstrates that coronary artery growth and myocardial capillarization are harmonious with increasing myocardial volume in concentric hypertrophy, challenging the classical view that hypertrophied hearts are inherently subject to coronary insufficiency due to vascular undergrowth.
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