[Endocardial fibroelastosis. Pathologic and clinical findings in 20 cases (author's transl)].
Pathologic and clinical findings in 20 infants with Endocardial Fibroelastosis are reported. Ten cases were considered as secondary Fibroelastosis due to left heart structural anomalies. Purpose was to find some clinical criteria to establish differential diagnosis between primary and secondary forms. QRS voltages in electrocardiogram were higher in primary forms and QRS axis in the frontal plane had more rightward deviation in secondary ones.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
Firbroelastosis endocárdica Estudio clínico y anatómico de veinte niños