A Retrospective Study of Postmortem Heart weight in an Adult Norwegian Population
The aim of the study is to get a better understanding of what a normal heart weight is and to provide updated reference tables applicable in a Caucasian population. Most previous studies are outdated and often based on other ethnic populations, and these studies are often used in reference tables in pathology textbooks.We included 692 Caucasian subjects, age 20 –98years, out of 2834 autopsies performed at the Department of Pathology and Genetics, St. Olavs Hospital – University Hospital of Trondheim between 2003 and 2012. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - July 21, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ane Christine Skurdal, Ivar Skj åk Nordrum Source Type: research
Vascular diseases: aortitis, aortic aneurysms, and vascular calcification
Inflammatory diseases of the aorta broadly include non-infectious and infectious aortitis, periaortitis, atherosclerosis, and inflammatory atherosclerotic aneurysms. Aortitis is uncommon but is increasingly recognized as an important cause of aortic aneurysms and dissections. Abdominal (AAA) and thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) have different pathologies and etiologies. AAAs are the most common type of aortic aneurysm and the vast majority of these are atherosclerotic. The causes of TAA vary depending on the site of involvement but medial degeneration is a common pathologic substrate, regardless of etiology, and genetic inf...
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - July 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Elena Ladich, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Maria E. Romero, Renu Virmani Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Varying levels of small microcalcifications and macrophages in ATTR and AL cardiac amyloidosis: implications for utilizing nuclear medicine studies to subtype amyloidosis
Recently, there has been much interest in using nuclear medicine studies to noninvasively identify and subtype cardiac amyloidosis. In particular, modified bone scans using 99mTc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD) and 99mTc-pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) are being used to selectively identify patients with ATTR amyloidosis rather than AL amyloidosis. The morphologic basis underlying the selectivity of these imaging modalities for ATTR amyloidosis has been unclear. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - July 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Miriam A. Stats, James R. Stone Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Varying Levels of Small Microcalcifications and Macrophages in ATTR and AL Cardiac Amyloidosis: Implications for Utilizing Nuclear Medicine Studies to Subtype Amyloidosis
Recently there has been much interest in using nuclear medicine studies to noninvasively identify and subtype cardiac amyloidosis. In particular, modified bone scans using 99mTc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD) and 99mTc-pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) are being used to selectively identify patients with ATTR amyloidosis rather than AL amyloidosis. The morphologic basis underlying the selectivity of these imaging modalities for ATTR amyloidosis has been unclear. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - July 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Miriam A. Stats, James R. Stone Source Type: research
Transmural distribution and connectivity of coronary collaterals within the human heart
This study aimed to classify the transmural distribution and connectivity of coronary collaterals in human hearts. One normotrophic human heart and one hypertrophied human heart with fibrosis in the inferior wall from a previous infarction were obtained. After filling the coronary arteries with fluorescent replica material, hearts were frozen and alternately cut and block-face imaged using an imaging cryomicrotome. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Monique G.J.T.B. van Lier, Elco Oost, Jos A.E. Spaan, Pepijn van Horssen, Allard C. van der Wal, Ed vanBavel, Maria Siebes, Jeroen P.H.M. van den Wijngaard Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Transmural Distribution and Connectivity of Coronary Collaterals Within the Human Heart
This study aimed to classify the transmural distribution and connectivity of coronary collaterals in human hearts. One normotrophic and one hypertrophied human heart with fibrosis in the inferior wall from a previous infarction were obtained. After filling the coronary arteries with fluorescent replica material, hearts were frozen and alternately cut and block-face imaged using an imaging cryomicrotome. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Monique G.J.T.B. van Lier, Elco Oost, Jos A.E. Spaan, Pepijn van Horssen, Allard C. van der Wal, Ed vanBavel, Maria Siebes, Jeroen P.H.M. van den Wijngaard Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Surgical resection of two independent primary intimal sarcomas in the left atrium
We present a case of a 65-year-old man who suffered from deteriorating congestive heart failure due to a severe mitral stenosis caused by a large mobile left atrial tumor. The patient underwent an emergency operation of the tumor in the left atrium. The tumor was attached to the inferior wall of the left atrium. After the resection of the tumor, a second tumor on the interatrial septum, which had not been detected in the preoperative investigation, was discovered and resected. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 16, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Motoaki Ohnaka, Masahisa Kyogoku, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Osada, Katsuaki Meshii, Naoki Kanemitsu Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Marfan syndrome associated aortic disease in neonates and children: a clinical –morphologic review
The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and histopathologic features of nMFS and cMFS patients undergoing aortic root replacement. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 15, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Adam L. Ware, Dylan V. Miller, Lance K. Erickson, Shaji C. Menon Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Marfan Syndrome Associated Aortic Disease in Neonates and Children: A Clinical-Morphologic Review
The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and histopathologic features of nMFS and cMFS patients undergoing aortic root replacement. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 15, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Adam L. Ware, Dylan V. Miller, Lance K. Erickson, Shaji C. Menon Tags: Orignal Article Source Type: research
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Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
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Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Spatial relationship of coronary sinus –great cardiac vein to mitral valve annulus and left circumflex coronary artery: implications for cardiovascular interventional procedures
The spatial relationship of the coronary sinus –great cardiac vein (CS–GCV) to free posterior portion of the mitral valve annulus (MVA) and left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) has gained importance with the advent of cardiovascular interventional procedures such as percutaneous transvenous mitral annuloplasty (PTMA) and mitral isthmus (MI) ablation. (Source: Cardiovascular Pathology)
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 2, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Arpandeep Randhawa, Abhimanyu Saini, Anjali Aggarwal, Uma Nahar Saikia, R. Shane Tubbs, Tulika Gupta, Manoj Kumar Rohit, Gurdeep Singh Kalyan, Daisy Sahni Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
