Practical cardiovascular pathology

PRACTICAL CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY

Featuring over 1,000 full-color illustrations, Practical Cardiovascular Pathology is a comprehensive reference guide to cardiac autopsy and surgical pathology of cardiovascular disease. The broad scope includes approaches to autopsy, devices, and molecular autopsy, as well as surgical cardiovascular disease, including biopsies, transplant, vasculitis, excised valves, and heart tumors. The book is geared to pathology residents and practicing surgical pathologists and focuses on illustrated practical diagnosis, including differential diagnosis. Each chapter includes eight to ten gross and microscopic photographs with legends highlighting the pathologic features of the disease, as well as succinct text covering etiology, clinical aspects, and differential diagnosis. Key information is presented in tabular format wherever possible. A companion website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.

CONTENTS

1.

Examination of the heart .

Congenital heart disease .

Handling of surgical specimens ..

Iatrogenic cardiovascular pathology 

and molecular autopsy .

Sudden cardiac death, conduction system study

S E C T I O N 2 Ischemic heart disease and diseases of coronary arteries

Pathology of coronary atherosclerosis . 

Myocardial infarction . .

Chronic ischemic heart disease . 

Coronary stents .

Coronary artery bypass grafts

disease

Nonatherosclerotic coronary artery

S E C T I O N 3 Cardiomyopathies and endocardial diseases

Pathology of cardiomyopathy: an overview . .

Dilated cardiomyopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 14.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 15.

(arrhythmogenic right ventricular

ysplasia/cardiomyopathy) . 

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy .

Ventricular noncompaction .

cardiac amyloidosis .

Restrictive cardiomyopathy and 

Cardiac disease in systemic disorders .

atria, and interatrial septum . 

Conditions involving the right ventricle, 

Endocardial disease .

S E C T I O N 4 Myocarditis and pericarditis

Myocarditis: Classification and etiology . 

Lymphocytic and autoimmune myocarditis .

Hypersensitivity and toxic myocarditis . 

Giant cell myocarditis and cardiac sarcoidosis .

Infections of the myocardium . 

Pericardial disease . 

S E C T I O N 5 Transplant pathology

Cellular rejection . 

Antibody-mediated cardiac allograft rejection .

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy .

 S E C T I O N 6 Disease of heart valves

Congenital conditions of the aortic valve .

Acquired aortic valve disease .

valve disease .

Mitral valve prolapse and congenital mitral 

Acquired mitral valve disease . 

Pulmonary and tricuspid valves .

Endocarditis .

Prosthetic heart valves .

S E C T I O N 7 Heart tumors

Pediatric heart tumors . 

Cardiac myxoma . 

tumor-like lesions in the adult . 

Miscellaneous benign cardiac tumors and 

Sarcomas of the heart and great vessels . 

to the heart . 

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Allen P Burke MD Department of Pathology, University of Maryland Medical System; Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, WashingtonDC