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<bold>Fig CA 13-3 Cor pulmonale</bold> (primary pulmonary hypertension). (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest show prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract and markedly dilated central pulmonary vessels. The lateral displacement of the cardiac apex and filling of the retrosternal air space indicate right ventricular enlargement.
<bold>Fig CA 13-3 Cor pulmonale</bold> (primary pulmonary hypertension). (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest show p...
<bold>FIGURE 11-27. Cor pulmonale.</bold> A transverse section of the heart from a patient with primary (idiopathic) pulmonary hypertension shows a markedly hypertrophied right ventricle (on the left). The right ventricular free wall has a thickness equal to the left ventricular wall. The right ventricle is dilated. The straightened interventricular septum has lost its normal curvature toward the left ventricle as part of the remodeling process in cor pulmonale.
<bold>FIGURE 11-27. Cor pulmonale.</bold> A transverse section of the heart from a patient with primary (idiopathic) pulmonary...