During progression of atherosclerosis, myeloid cells destabilize lipid-rich plaques in the
arterial wall and cause their rupture, thus triggering myocardial infarction and stroke. Survivors …

You are contacted by a concerned 34-year-old airline pilot with a leaky bicuspid aortic valve
recently diagnosed by an echocardiogram that had been requested by his new employer as …

Primary cardiac tumours are rare, with an autopsy incidence ranging from 0·001% to 0·030%.
Three-quarters of these tumours are benign and nearly half of the benign tumours are …

Case presentation: SB is a 48-year-old man who suffered an acute anterior myocardial infarction
and received fibrinolytic therapy. The patient died 12 hours after reperfusion. KR is a 68-…

The Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology and the Society for Cardiovascular
Pathology have produced this position paper concerning the current role of endomyocardial …

BACKGROUND: Patients with bicuspid aortic valve malformations are at an increased risk of
aortic dilatation, aneurysm formation, and dissection. Vascular tissues with deficient fibrillin-…

Inflammatory diseases of the aorta include routine atherosclerosis, aortitis, periaortitis, and
atherosclerosis with excessive inflammatory responses, such as inflammatory atherosclerotic …

Objective: Bicuspid aortic valve disease is often associated with dilation of the aortic root
and ascending aorta. This study examines the histologic features of the ascending aorta and …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic in Toronto resulted in a large number
of autopsies on its victims. We describe the pulmonary pathology of patients who died in …

Increased inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression is a component of the immune
response and has been demonstrated in cardiomyocytes in septic shock, myocarditis, …