Morphological and histopathological evaluation of autopsied patients with hypertensive cardiopathy.

Background: Physiopathological processes in hypertensive heart disease are controlled by complex interactions between cardiomyocytes, extracellular matrix, microvasculature and other cells present in the myocardium.

Objective: To analyze morphological changes in hypertensive cardiopathy and to describe and compare findings in order to help clarify determinant factors.

Methods: 42 fragments of the left ventricular myocardium and circumflex branch of the left coronary artery were obtained from individuals autopsied at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM) in the period ranging from 1984 to 2018.