Friday, August 27, 2004

changes in MI

gross, survival time vs predominant finding
0-18 hrs- no change
18-24 hrs- vague pallor and softening
1-7 days- yellow pallor
7-14 days- central pallor with red border
months- white fibrous scar

microscopic, survival time vs predominant finding
1-4 hrs- wavy myocyte fibres
4-24 hrs- coagulative necrosis
1-4 days- neutrophilic infiltrate
4-7 days- macrophages
7-28 days- granulation tissue
months- fibrotic scar

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kudos ! to microscopy n the continuing advances ...

small squirrel said...

Mmmmmmmm! Necrosis!

However am strangely disturbed by the british spelling of fibers in this context! (says the girl whose been blasted on her blog for saying "maths".....)

Anonymous said...

here u say math, n we go - ' what??? u mean maths '

I am used to hearing math on tv n when I speak to NRIs'n I find both ok...

as far as fibers ... hmmm ...non posso scrivere niente :)