Open AccessCongestive heart failure in a patient with systemic hypertension
Author(s) -
Hackel Donald B.,
Wagner Galen S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960160911
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , autopsy , edema
A 70‐year‐old man developed hypertension many years previously and had a bout with severe congestive heart failure 4 to 5 years before his death. Autopsy showed congestion and edema characteristic of heart failure, an enlarged heart, and slight focal interstitial left ventricular fibrosis, but only slight to moderate coronary atherosclerosis.