Endomyocardial fibrosis in Chandigarh area, India. A study of nine autopsies.
The clinical and autopsy data of nine cases of endomyocardial fibrosis encountered over a period of 11 years are presented. These account for nearly 24% of primary cardiomyopathies and 0.8% of cardiac diseases seen at autopsy. There were four cases with biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis, three with a predominantly left and two with a predominantly right ventricular affection. There was no correlation between the clinical data and the autopsy pattern of endomyocardial fibrosis; all of them presented as congestive cardiac failure.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications