Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Myocardial cell damage

Table 1 Acute myocardial infarct size (% left ventricular mass) versus coronary atherosclerotic obstruction, extensive myocardial fibrosis (> 20% LVM), occlusive thrombus, survival and death in 200 selected cases*

Infarct size %	N. cases	Coronary stenosis %					Extensive fibrosis	Survival days			Occlusive thrombus
		<69	≥ 70	1	2	≥ 3**		< 2	3–10	11–30
≤ 20	97	7	90	39	37	14	97	45	26	25	24
> 20	103	10	93	38	34	21	103	26	48	30	58
Total	200	17	183	77	71	35	200	71	74	55	82

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