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(Created page with "'''Organ''': Heart '''Description''': The wall of the right ventricle at the area of the conus pulmonalis is increased. '''Diagnosis''': Chronic cor pulmonale '''Causes''': * Pulmonary hypertension ** Due to chest deformity due to scoliosis ** COPD ** Emphysema ** Severe untreated asthma '''Theory''': Unlike the left ventricle will the right ventricle never undergo concentric hypertrophy, just dilatative hypertrophy. Chronic cor pulmonale is diagnosed when the ri...") |
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Unlike the left ventricle will the right ventricle never undergo concentric hypertrophy, just dilatative hypertrophy. | Unlike the left ventricle will the right ventricle never undergo concentric hypertrophy, just dilatative hypertrophy. | ||
Chronic cor pulmonale is diagnosed when the right ventricle is dilated (which we cannot see on the preparation, only on a cross-section) and when the wall of the right ventricle at the area of the conus pulmonalis (= conus arteriosus = infundibulum) is thicker than 5 mm. | Chronic cor pulmonale is diagnosed when the right ventricle is dilated (which we cannot see on the preparation, only on a cross-section) and when the wall of the right ventricle at the area of the conus pulmonalis (= conus arteriosus = infundibulum) is thicker than 5 mm. Cor pulmonale can be chronic or acute. The acute form is caused by a sudden overload of the right ventricle, often due to an acute pulmonary embolism. Acute cor pulmonale is life-threatening. The dilatative hypertrophy of the right ventricle can eventually lead to right-sided heart failure and arrhythmias, and possibly death.[[File:Cor pulmonale prep.jpg|center|thumb|Cor pulmonale prep]] | ||
Cor pulmonale can be chronic or acute. The acute form is caused by a sudden overload of the right ventricle, often due to an acute pulmonary embolism. Acute cor pulmonale is life-threatening. | |||
The dilatative hypertrophy of the right ventricle can eventually lead to right-sided heart failure and arrhythmias, and possibly death. | |||
[[File:Cor pulmonale prep.jpg|center|thumb|Cor pulmonale prep]] | |||
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Macropreparations]] | [[Category:Pathology 1 - Macropreparations]] | ||