期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 56 ()
We report an autopsy case of an 80-year-old woman who underwent left atrial appendage closure with a WATCHMAN (Boston Scientific, St. Paul, MN, USA) d......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 56 ()
Introduction: The papillary muscles (PM) play a vital role in atrioventricular (AV) valve function. The PM and their chordae tendineae (CT) regulate t......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 57 ()
Introduction: Response to anticoagulation varies during management of acute hospitalized pulmonary embolism. We aimed to study thrombus histology in p......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 61 ()
Herein we present a case of an 80-year-old gentleman who presented with exertional dyspnea status post aortic valve replacement with #23 Trifecta peri......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 61 ()
Objectives: In our study, we investigate the collagen structure of human pericardium microscopically in dependence of glutaraldehyde (GA) concentratio......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 61 ()
The perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an adipose tissue depot which surrounds most human blood vessels. It is metabolically active and has both a ......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 61 ()
A B S T R A C T A 45-year-old man was clinically diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation 2 years before death. The au-topsy showed left ventricular ......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 56 ()
Background: Histopathologic differentiation of bacterial endocarditis from yeast-like fungal endocarditis is usually straightforward; however, an unde......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 58 ()
Perfusion-distention fixation by gravity is a fundamental cardiac predissection technique that may be used to preserve the 3D anatomy of a cardiac spe......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 57 ()
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a well-known clinical entity, whereas phospholamban gene mutation is a relatively recently known mutation with phenoty......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 60 ()
Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is closely associated with the overactivation of the renin-angiotensinaldosterone system. Large cohort studies and......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 61 ()
The histo-morphology of the arterial walls is typically made of 3 distinct layers or tunics designated as intima, media and adventitia. Based on the c......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 56 ()
Myocardial fibrosis is defined as an increased amount of collagen in the myocardium relative to cardiac myocytes. Two main morphologic patterns are re......
期刊: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, 2022; 60 ()
Aims: The histopathology of mitral valve (MV) tissues have been reported in necropsy and retrospective studies. We prospectively studied the histopath......