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3155586

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
A postmortem study of the capacity of the coronary arteries is presented. The amount of injected Schlessinger's barium-gelatin mass taken up by the coronary arterial tree under standard conditions was used as a measure of coronary capacity. A total of 63 hearts, consisting of those with Chagas' cardiopathy, normal hearts, and hypertrophied hearts, were studied. Correlation coefficients between coronary capacity and heart weight, as well as index of coronary capacity based on heart weight, were the parameters submitted to statistical analysis. Positive correlation coefficients between coronary capacity and heart weight were detected in normal and chagasic cases but not in hypertrophied cases. Multiple comparisons of the indexes showed a highly significant increase of coronary capacity in chagasic cases when compared with normal (p less than 0.005) and hypertrophied hearts (p less than 0.01). The characteristic parasympathetic denervation, resulting in a relative sympathetic overdrive, is suggested to be the basic cause of enlargement of the coronary tree in Chagas' heart disease, thus providing further support for the neurogenic pathogenetic concept.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
304-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased capacity of the coronary arteries in chronic Chagas' heart disease: further support for the neurogenic pathogenesis concept.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't