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== | ==Hypertensive heart disease== | ||
* | ===General=== | ||
*Treated with antihypertensives. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid11151783>{{cite journal |author=Schwartzkopff B, Strauer BE |title=Coronary reserve and arteriolosclerosis in hypertensive heart disease |journal=Z Kardiol |volume=89 Suppl 9 |issue= |pages=IX/132–5 |year=2000 |pmid=11151783 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Left ventricular hypertrophy (concentric). | |||
Notes: | |||
*In the autopsy context, significant [[valvular heart disease]] should be absent. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid11151783/> | |||
*Arteriolosclerosis of intramural coronary arteries and arterioles. | |||
**Fibrosis of media. | |||
*Peirarteriolar fibrosis. | |||
==Kidney== | ==Kidney== | ||