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cardiac steotosis
Etiology:
- myocarditis
- pericarditis
- coronary artery disease
- myocardial ischemia
- starvation
- anemia
- fever
- phosphorus poisoning
- arsenic poisoning
- diphtheria
- scarlet fever
- typhoid fever
- idiopathic
Epidemiology:
- common
Pathology:
- fat droplets are found in the myocardial sarcoplasm
- functional significance unclear
General
heart disease (cardiac disease)
steatosis; fatty liver; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
References
- Garvin CF
FATTY DEGENERATION OF THE HEART CAUSING MYOCARDIAL
INSUFFICIENCY. REPORT OF A CASE.
Arch Intern Med (Chic). 1940;66(3):603-606
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