In the last decade cardiac pathology has undergone a revolution, particularly in the fields of genetics and imaging. Practical Cardiac Pathology 3e is a combined atlas and text that is designed to assist pathologists in identifting the range of cardiovascular conditions that are found in both diagnostic and autopsy work.
Includes coverage of both clinical cardiac pathology and forensic cardiac pathology
A user friendly resource with first class text and images, clear and concise
Over 600 colour images to aid diagnosis
Increased coverage of vascular disease with new chapters on Arteropathies, microcirculation, and vasculitis, and the pericardium
Professor Mary N. Sheppard, MD, FRCPath, FRCPI, Director of Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, St. George's Medical School, University of London, UK
Preface, Useful Abbreviations, Autopsy cardiac examination, The coronary arteries: Atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease, Valve disease, Infective endocarditis, Cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Myocarditis, Cardiac tumours, Diseases of the aorta, Deaths following cardiac surgery and invasive interventions, Investigation of sudden cardiac death, Arteropathies, microcirculation, and vasculitis, The pericardium, Index.