医学
尸检
自主神经系统
酪氨酸羟化酶
马森三色染色
交感神经系统
纤维化
内科学
心脏病学
自主神经
免疫组织化学
病理
血压
心率
作者
Denis Depes,Ari Mennander,Paavo Immonen,Artturi Mäkinen,Heini Huhtala,Timo Paavonen,Ivana Kholová
出处
期刊:Apmis
[Wiley]
日期:2024-03-12
卷期号:132 (6): 430-443
摘要
This study aims to analyze the vein of Marshall (VOM) in human autopsy hearts and its correlation with clinical data to elucidate the morphological substrates of atrial fibrillation (AF) and other cardiac diseases. Twenty‐three adult autopsy hearts were studied, assessing autonomic nerves by immunohistochemistry with tyrosine hydroxylase (sympathetic nerves), choline acetyltransferase (parasympathetic nerves), growth‐associated protein 43 (neural growth), and S100 (general neural marker) antibodies. Interstitial fibrosis was assessed by Masson trichrome staining. Measurements were conducted via morphometric software. The results were correlated with clinical data. Sympathetic innervation was abundant in all VOM‐adjacent regions. Subjects with a history of AF, cardiovascular cause of death, and histologically verified myocardial infarction had increased sympathetic innervation and neural growth around the VOM at the mitral isthmus. Interstitial fibrosis increased with age and heart weight was associated with AF and cardiovascular cause of death. This study increases our understanding of the cardiac autonomic innervation in the VOM area in various diseases, offering implications for the development of new therapeutic approaches targeting the autonomic nervous system.
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