Myocardial ischemia in Vaquez's disease
Ponte, E.; Melato, M.; Falconieri, G.
Morphologie et Embryologie 30(3): 185-189
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-5038 PMID: 6239095 Document Number: 232120
The authors report a study performed on the ECG findings in patients affected by polycythemia rubra yera. Clinicopathological correlations are made on the basis of autopsic examinations on 11 of 21 patients. The clinical investigation was performed on the ECG findings according to the Minnesota Code; pathologic investigation pointed out some particular lesions of myocardial district, as myocardium sclerosis, acute infarction, post-infarction scars, vascular lesions of the macro- and microcirculation. ECG and the pathological findings in polycythemia vera appear to have a physiopathologic background although the latter is not linked to a well-defined anatomopathologic picture.