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Table 3 Frequency and grade of colliquative myocytolysis in different conditions

From: Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Myocardial cell damage

Source

Sudden/Unexpected death

Transplanted

Congestive heart failure*

Brain

AIDS

Cocaine

Carbon

Head

Electrocution

 

Coronary

Chagas

hearts

CHD

DCM

VPT

hemorrhage

  

monoxide

trauma

 

Cases

25

34

46

63

63

18

27

38

26

26

45

21

Colliquative myocytolysis grade

            

0

19

28

33

1

3

1

26

33

26

26

45

21

1

6

6

11

14

28

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

39

28

14

1

2

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

1

9

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Grading: 0 = absent, 1 few or smalls group of "empty" myocytes, 2 less and 3 more the 50% of involved myocytes in the inner half of cardiac wall