Cardiac Pathology: A Guide to Current Practice

This updated second edition provides a comprehensive overview of cardiac pathology. Clear illustrations of the common styles of dissection are provided along with the normal anatomy and histology. The chapters cover autopsy heart examination, ischemic heart disease, myocarditis, sudden death, valvular disease, transplant pathology, cardiomyopathy, cardiac neoplasia and congenital heart disease with a clear analysis of diagnostic criteria (macroscopic, microscopic and genetic) for both common cardiac diseases and those of less common types. The text is accompanied by high quality macroscopic and microscopic images and references to other specialty data sources. Cardiac Pathology: A Guide to Current Practice is aimed at established pathologists and trainees, as well as any clinician with an interest in cardiac disease. It will be of value to those working in cardiac surgery, cardiology and those in the autopsy/forensic fields.

Table of contents:

1.    Front Matter

2.    The Normal Adult Heart and Methods of Investigation

3.    Cardiac Electrophysiology

4.    Cardiac Imaging

5.    Current Therapeutics for Cardiac Disease

6.    The Heart at Autopsy, Including Radiological Autopsy of the Heart

7.    Embryology of the Heart

8.    Ischaemic Heart Disease

9.    Myocarditis

10. Valvular Heart Disease

11. Transplant Pathology

12. Cardiomyopathies

13. Cardiac Tumours

14. Congenital Heart Disease

15. Sudden Cardiac Death