Practical Cardiovascular Pathology

Summary:

The second edition of Practical Cardiovascular Pathology provides and essential text and colour atlas helping all general pathologists to identify a wide range of cardiovascular conditions rapidly and accurately in both their diagnostic and autopsy work.

• Numerous colour photographs of the highest quality aid diagnosis and act as a valuable reference source
• Comprehensively covers the gross pathology and histopathology of commonly encountered and less frequently seen heart conditions
• Includes post-interventional complications and forensic advice
• Emphasises anatomy, practical procedures of dissection and explains the underlying disease processes
• An authoritative reference by an internationally recognised world expert

With many new conditions explained, and numerous new illustrations, the second edition of this highly-acclaimed text will continue to be invaluable to all pathologists and trainees.

• Generously illustrated in full colour with histological images of the highest quality
• Revised and updated to reflect the major advances in interventional cardiology since publication of the first edition
• Authored by one of the UK's most respected cardiovascular pathologists
• Practical and accessible, written with the needs of the practising pathologist in mind

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Cardiac autopsy and cardiac examination
Chapter 2: The coronary arteries – atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease
Chapter 3: Valve disease
Chapter 4: Infective endocarditis
Chapter 5: Cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and cardiomyopathy
Chapter 6: Myocarditis
Chapter 7; Cardiac tumours
Chapter 8: Diseases of the aorta
Chapter 9: Deaths following cardiac surgery and invasive interventions
Chapter 10: Investigation of sudden cardiac death

About the Author(s):

Dr Mary Sheppard MD FRCPath, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, UK

Readership:

Core: General pathologists in training and in practice. There are 9000 pathologists in England, 1600 specialising in histopathology. Supplementary: Forensic pathologists, cardiologists.