[(Current Concepts in Cardiovascular Pathology, an Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics)] [Author: Gayle L. Winters] published on (July, 2012)

Clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview is presented. Topics in this subject on Cardiovascular Pathology include: Examination of the Explanted/Autopsy Heart; Native Valves; Prosthetic Valves; Cardiac Transplant Biopsies; Diagnostic (Native Heart) Biopsies; Aorta; Temporal Arteritis/Vasculitis/Vascular Lesions; Cardiac Tumors; and Cardiac Devices. Each article presents Key Considerations; pitfalls of working with the particular entity; differential diagnosis summaries; gross and histologic features with clinicopathologic correlates; complications; technical considerations; post transplant biopsy findings where relevant; and communicating results.