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*In the autopsy context, significant [[valvular heart disease]] should be absent.
*In the autopsy context, significant [[valvular heart disease]] should be absent.
*A heart > ~400 g is considered good enough for the cause of death ''hypertensive heart disease'', if no other significant findings are present.<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010.</ref>
*A heart > ~400 g is considered good enough for the cause of death ''hypertensive heart disease'', if no other significant findings are present.<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010.</ref>
*Right ventricular hypertrophy is commonly seen.<ref name=pmid22392315>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sant'Anna | first1 = MP. | last2 = Mello | first2 = RJ. | last3 = Montenegro | first3 = LT. | last4 = Araújo | first4 = MM. | title = [Left and right ventricular hypertrophy at autopsy of hypertensive individuals]. | journal = Rev Assoc Med Bras | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-7 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 22392315 }}</ref>
*Right ventricular hypertrophy is commonly seen.<ref name=pmid22392315>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sant'Anna | first1 = MP. | last2 = Mello | first2 = RJ. | last3 = Montenegro | first3 = LT. | last4 = Araújo | first4 = MM. | title = [Left and right ventricular hypertrophy at autopsy of hypertensive individuals]. | journal = Rev Assoc Med Bras | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-7 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 22392315 }}</ref><ref name=pmid18800141>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cuspidi | first1 = C. | last2 = Valerio | first2 = C. | last3 = Sala | first3 = C. | last4 = Negri | first4 = F. | last5 = Esposito | first5 = A. | last6 = Masaidi | first6 = M. | last7 = Giudici | first7 = V. | last8 = Zanchetti | first8 = A. | last9 = Mancia | first9 = G. | title = Metabolic syndrome and biventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension. | journal = J Hum Hypertens | volume = 23 | issue = 3 | pages = 168-75 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/jhh.2008.119 | PMID = 18800141 }}</ref>


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