Williams R B, Emery J L
Histopathology. 1978 Jul;2(4):283-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1978.tb01720.x.
A classification of the histological appearance of the endocardium in infants, and observers' reproducibility tests have been carried out. In a retrospective survey of 262 overtly normal hearts, what is considered to be abnormal thickening of the endocardium was found in 3.4%, and probably significant thickening in 20%. The changes occurred in unexpected home deaths as well as in hospital deaths and the lesions may be a contributing factor in some cot deaths, but a prospective study is required to confirm this.
已对婴儿心内膜的组织学外观进行了分类，并开展了观察者再现性测试。在一项对262颗外观正常心脏的回顾性调查中，发现3.4%的心内膜存在被认为是异常增厚的情况，20%可能存在显著增厚。这些变化发生在意想不到的家中死亡病例以及医院死亡病例中，这些病变可能是一些婴儿猝死的一个促成因素，但需要进行前瞻性研究来证实这一点。
