Cardiovascular pathology

Cardiovascular Pathology, Fourth Edition, provides users with a comprehensive overview that encompasses its examination, cardiac structure, both normal and physiologically altered, and a multitude of abnormalities. This updated edition offers current views on interventions, both medical and surgical, and the pathology related to them. Congenital heart disease and its pathobiology are covered in some depth, as are vasculitis and neoplasias. Each section has been revised to reflect new discoveries in clinical and molecular pathology, with new chapters updated and written with a practical approach, especially with regards to the discussion of pathophysiology. New chapters reflect recent technological advances with cardiac devices, transplants, genetics, and immunology. Each chapter is highly illustrated and covers contemporary aspects of the disease processes, including a section on the role of molecular diagnostics and cytogenetics as specifically related to cardiovascular pathology.

Preceded by: Cardiovascular pathology / [edited by] Malcolm D. Silver, Avrum I. Gotlieb, Frederick J. Schoen. 3rd ed. ©2001.

Anatomic considerations and examination of cardiovascular specimens (excluding devices) -- Age-related cardiovascular changes and diseases -- Vascular pathobiology : atherosclerosis and large vessel disease -- Diseases of small and medium-sized blood vessels -- Aneurysms of the aorta : ascending, thoracic and abdominal and their management -- Fundamental principles in cardiovascular genetics -- Myocardial ischemia and its complications -- Pathophysiology of heart failure and an overview of therapies -- Myocarditis -- Pathology of sudden death, cardiac arrhythmias and conduction system -- Cardiomyopathies -- Valvular heart disease -- Cardiac valve replacement and related interventions -- The pathology of cardiovascular interventions and devices for coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias -- Congenital heart disease : pathology, natural history, and interventions -- The pericardium and its diseases -- Pathology of cardiac transplantation -- Toxins and the heart -- Tumors of the cardiovascular system : heart and blood vessels -- Forensic aspects of cardiovascular pathology.