Cardiovascular Pathology Index
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The following images are present:
Normal Heart
- Normal heart views, gross [CT]
- Normal aortic valve, gross
- Normal tricuspid valve, gross
- Normal coronary artery, microscopic [ANGIO]
- Normal myocardium, medium power microscopic
- Normal conduction system, AV node, medium and high power microscopic
- Normal conduction system, bundle of His, high power microscopic
- Normal cardiac cycle, diagram
- Normal cardiac muscle action potential, diagram
- Normal cardiac output, diagram
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- Atherosclerosis, mechanisms for development, diagram
- Coronary artery with atherosclerotic narrowing, microscopic
- Coronary artery with recanalized thrombosis, microscopic
- Coronary artery with calcific atherosclerosis, microscopic
- Coronary artery atherosclerosis, occlusive, microscopic
- Coronary artery thrombosis, recent, microscopic [ANGIO]
- Atheromatous plaque, high power, microscopic
- Aorta with rare lipid streaks, gross
- Aorta with lipid streaks, gross
- Aortas demonstrating various degrees of atherosclerosis, gross
- Aorta, atherosclerotic aneurysm, gross [CT]
- Aorta, atherosclerotic aneurysm with mural thrombus, gross [CT]
- Aorta, atheroma, low power, microscopic
- Aorta, atheroma, high power, microscopic
- Aorta, ulcerative atherosclerosis with mural thrombosis, gross
- Cholesterol emboli in kidney, medium power microscopic
- Coronary artery, mild atherosclerosis, gross
- Coronary artery, severe atherosclerosis, gross
- Coronary artery, hemorrhage into plaque, gross
- Coronary artery, occlusive atherosclerosis, gross
- Heart and LAD coronary artery with recent thrombus, gross
- Coronary artery with recent thrombus, longitudinal section, gross
- Coronary artery with recent thrombus, cross section, gross
- Coronary artery with stent following angioplasty, gross [XRAY]
Myocardial Infarction
- Heart, left ventricle, acute myocardial infarction, gross [NM]
- Heart, left ventricle and septum, myocardial infarction, gross
- Myocardium, contraction band necrosis, H&E and Trichrome stains, high power microscopic
- Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 days, microscopic
- Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 days, microscopic
- Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 3 to 4 days, microscopic
- Myocardium, intermediate myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 weeks, microscopic
- Heart, transmural myocardial infarction with rupture and hemopericardium, gross
- Heart, transmural myocardial infarction with rupture, gross
- Heart, remote myocardial infarction, medium power microscopic
- Heart, remote myocardial infarction, low power microscopic
- Heart, remote myocardial infarction, gross
- Heart, left ventricular aneurysm, gross
- Heart, left ventricular aneurysm, gross
- Heart, coronary artery bypass graft, gross
Arterial Dissection
- Aorta, dissection with tear in arch, gross [CT]
- Heart, dissection with tear through media, low power microscopic
- Hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade, gross
- Aorta, dissection, gross
- Aorta, dissection, microscopic
- Carotid artery, dissection with compression, gross [CT]
- Aorta, dissection, microscopic
- Aorta, dissection, Marfan syndrome, gross
- Floppy mitral valve with prolapse, Marfan syndrome, gross
- Floppy mitral valve, gross
- Aorta, cystic medial necrosis, Marfan syndrome, Mucin stain, microscopic
- Arachnodactyly, Marfan syndrome, gross
Infective Endocarditis
- Aortic valve, infective endocarditis, gross
- Aortic valve, infective endocarditis, gross [ANGIO]
- Infective endocarditis spreading to myocardium, gross
- Mitral valve, infective endocarditis with fistula to right heart, gross
- Aortic valve, healed infective endocarditis, gross
- Porcine bioprosthesis with infective endocarditis, gross
- Infective endocarditis, microscopic
- Infective endocarditis, microscopic
- Splinter hemorrhages seen in finger of patient with infective endocarditis, gross
- Splinter hemorrhage seen in finger of patient with infective endocarditis, gross
Non-infective Endocarditis
- Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, gross
- Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, gross
- Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, microscopic
- Libman-Sacks endocarditis (and mitral rheumatic valvulitis), gross
- Mitral valve, acute rheumatic vegetations, gross
- Mitral valve, rheumatic mitral stenosis, gross
Pericarditis
- Serous pericarditis, diagram
- Fibrinous pericarditis, diagram
- Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
- Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
- Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
- Fibrinous pericarditis, microscopic
- Hemorrhagic pericarditis, gross
- Hemorrhagic pericarditis, gross
- Purulent pericarditis, gross
- Constrictive pericarditis, microscopic [CT]
Myocarditis
- Heart, microabscesses, gross
- Heart, microabscess, gross
- Heart, microabscess, microscopic
- Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
- Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
- Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
- Chronic rheumatic valvulitis, gross
- Myocarditis, toxoplasmosis, microscopic
- Myocarditis, toxoplasmosis, microscopic
- Interstitial viral myocarditis, microscopic
- Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
- Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
- Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
- Giant cell myocarditis, medium power microscopic
Neoplasia
- Heart, rhabdomyoma, gross
- Heart, atrial myxoma, gross [CT]
- Heart, atrial myxoma, microscopic
- Heart, epicardium, metastases, gross
- Heart, myocardium and endocardium, metastases, gross
- Heart, endocardium, chloroma, gross
- Heart, epicardium, metastases, microscopic
- Heart, myocardium, metastatic melanoma, microscopic
Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital heart disease, table
- Heart, normal configuration, diagram
- Heart, ductus arteriosus in fetal heart, gross
- Heart, probe patent foramen ovale, and paradoxical embolus, gross
- Heart, atrial septal defect, diagram
- Heart, atrial septal defect, gross
- Heart, atrial septal defect, Eisenmenger complex, gross
- Heart, ventricular septal defect, diagram
- Heart, ventricular septal defect, gross
- Heart, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect, gross
- Heart, endocardial cushion defect, diagram
- Heart, endocardial cushion defect with single AV valve, gross
- Aorta, coarctation, diagram
- Aorta, coarctation, gross
- Aorta, coarctation, gross
- Aorta, coarctation, gross
- Heart, patent ductus arteriosus, diagram
- Pulmonic valve, quadricuspid, gross
- Aortic valve, bicuspid, gross
- Aortic valve, senile calcific aortic stenosis, gross
- Heart, hypoplastic left heart, diagram
- Heart, tetralogy of Fallot, diagram
- Heart, persistent truncus arteriosus, diagram
- Heart, transposition of great vessels, diagram
- Heart, supravalvular aortic stenosis, diagram
- Heart, total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR), diagram
Cardiomyopathies
- Cardiomyopathies, table
- Heart, dilated cardiomyopathy, gross [XRAY]
- Heart, dilated cardiomyopathy, gross
- Heart, cardiomyopathy, microscopic
- Heart, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, explanted heart, gross
- Heart, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, microscopic
- Heart, restrictive cardiomyopathy from hemochromatosis, microscopic [MRI]
- Heart, restrictive cardiomyopathy from amyloidosis, microscopic
- Myocardium, amyloidosis, apple-green birefringence with polarized light, Congo red stain, microscopic
- Heart, right ventricular dysplasia, gross
- Heart, right ventricular dysplasia, microscopic
- Heart, hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy, gross
- Heart, hypertrophy with hypertension, gross
- Heart, ischemic cardiomyopathy, microscopic
Miscellaneous Cardiac Diseases
- Peripheral coronary artery with sclerosis, microscopic
- Heart with pacemaker, gross [XRAY]
- Porcine valve bioprosthesis, gross
- Mechanical valve prosthesis, tilting disk, gross [XRAY]
- Mechanical valve prosthesis, ball and cage, gross [XRAY]
- Heart, mitral annulus (mitral ring) calcification, gross
- Heart, endocardial fibroelastosis, gross
- Aorta, syphilitic aortitis, gross
- Aorta, syphilitic aortitis, gross
- Heart, carcinoid heart, medium power microscopic
- Heart, brown atrophy, gross
Arterial and Venous Diseases
- Hyaline arteriolosclerosis, high power microscopic
- Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis, high power microscopic
- Renal arteriole, fibrinoid necrosis with malignant hypertension, microscopic
- Monckeberg's medial calcific sclerosis, low power microscopic
- Allograft arteriopathy, heart transplant, medium power microscopic
- Muscular artery, vasculitis, microscopic
- Muscular artery, polyarteritis nodosa, microscopic [ANGIO]
- Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, low power microscopic
- Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, high power microscopic
- Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, gross
- Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia, low power microscopic and diagram [ANGIO]
- Hyaline thrombus in small artery with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), microscopic
- Varicose veins on legs, gross
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