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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> | |||
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