Chest ACCP Education Calendar
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Samad, I. A.
Right arrow Articles by Noehren, T. H.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Samad, I. A.
Right arrow Articles by Noehren, T. H.
(Chest. 1965;48:376-379.)
© 1965 American College of Chest Physicians

Focal Myocardial Necrosis in the Cor Pulmonale of Emphysema

Iqbal A. Samad M.B., B.S.1 and Theodore H. Noehren M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo and the Buffalo General Hospital

Changes occurring in the myocardium of 29 of 30 patients with emphysema and cor pulmonale are defined. These consisted of early degenerative changes of the moycardial fibers and their subsequent replacement by fibrous tissue. Similar focal necrosis was present in only eight of 30 controls. It is suggested that these changes may be related to hypoxia, hypokalemia, or bacterial toxins. These findings, generally unreported in the current literature, bear further study for the elucidation of the clinical discrepancies in the diagnosis, understanding, and management of cor pulmonale and emphysema.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1965 by the American College of Chest Physicians.