Objetivo: Avaliar e comparar o infiltrado inflamatório, área de células musculares, densidade de microvasos (MVD) e expressão de citocinas no miocárdio (MM) e na musculatura lingüística (LM) entre indivíduos chagásicos e não chagásicos. Métodos: Fragmentos de MM e LM de indivíduos chagásicos crônicos autopsiados (CC) (n=18) e não chagásicos (n=24) foram processados histologicamente para avaliação histoquímica e...
The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (SHG) have variable intensity according to their type. This study aimed to describe the demographic characteristics and maternal-fetal morphometric changes of placenta in different types of SHG by retrospective analysis of medical records of hypertensive patients with placentas evaluated morphologically, processed for immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibody anti-hu...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the morphological features of atherosclerosis in the aortas of autopsied patients (ranging from young adults to the elderly), thus providing new tools for a more sensitive morphological evaluation. METHOD: We collected 141 aorta samples. We assessed the macroscopic degree of atherosclerosis, thickness of the intima and media, lipid and collagen depositions in the intima, and the infiltra...