[Combined use of macro- and micrometric methods in assessing hypertrophy of the myocardial muscle elements proper].

The composite use in the study of heart hypertrophy of the method of separate weighing of the ventricles and measurement of the percentage content and average thickness of muscle fibers permits to determine their total mass and length, and on this basis to judge of the level of hypertrophy of the true muscle elements of the myocardium.