Heart failure cells are siderophages (hemosiderin-containing macrophages) generated in the alveoli of patients with left heart failure or chronic pulmonary edema, when the high pulmonary blood pressure causes red cells to pass through the vascular wall. Siderophages are not specific of heart failure. They are present wherever red blood cells encou...
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Macrophages in the lung during left heart failure that often carry large amounts of haemosiderin. ... See: siderophore. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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