Cardiovascular Pathology Index

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The following images are present:

    Normal Heart

  1. Normal heart views, gross [CT]
  2. Normal aortic valve, gross
  3. Normal tricuspid valve, gross
  4. Normal coronary artery, microscopic [ANGIO]
  5. Normal myocardium, medium power microscopic
  6. Normal conduction system, AV node, medium and high power microscopic
  7. Normal conduction system, bundle of His, high power microscopic
  8. Normal cardiac cycle, diagram
  9. Normal cardiac muscle action potential, diagram
  10. Normal cardiac output, diagram
  11. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

  12. Atherosclerosis, mechanisms for development, diagram
  13. Coronary artery with atherosclerotic narrowing, microscopic
  14. Coronary artery with recanalized thrombosis, microscopic
  15. Coronary artery with calcific atherosclerosis, microscopic
  16. Coronary artery atherosclerosis, occlusive, microscopic
  17. Coronary artery thrombosis, recent, microscopic [ANGIO]
  18. Atheromatous plaque, high power, microscopic
  19. Aorta with rare lipid streaks, gross
  20. Aorta with lipid streaks, gross
  21. Aortas demonstrating various degrees of atherosclerosis, gross
  22. Aorta, atherosclerotic aneurysm, gross [CT]
  23. Aorta, atherosclerotic aneurysm with mural thrombus, gross [CT]
  24. Aorta, atheroma, low power, microscopic
  25. Aorta, atheroma, high power, microscopic
  26. Aorta, ulcerative atherosclerosis with mural thrombosis, gross
  27. Cholesterol emboli in kidney, medium power microscopic
  28. Coronary artery, mild atherosclerosis, gross
  29. Coronary artery, severe atherosclerosis, gross
  30. Coronary artery, hemorrhage into plaque, gross
  31. Coronary artery, occlusive atherosclerosis, gross
  32. Heart and LAD coronary artery with recent thrombus, gross
  33. Coronary artery with recent thrombus, longitudinal section, gross
  34. Coronary artery with recent thrombus, cross section, gross
  35. Coronary artery with stent following angioplasty, gross [XRAY]
  36. Myocardial Infarction

  37. Heart, left ventricle, acute myocardial infarction, gross [NM]
  38. Heart, left ventricle and septum, myocardial infarction, gross
  39. Myocardium, contraction band necrosis, H&E and Trichrome stains, high power microscopic
  40. Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 days, microscopic
  41. Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 days, microscopic
  42. Myocardium, acute myocardial infarction, 3 to 4 days, microscopic
  43. Myocardium, intermediate myocardial infarction, 1 to 2 weeks, microscopic
  44. Heart, transmural myocardial infarction with rupture and hemopericardium, gross
  45. Heart, transmural myocardial infarction with rupture, gross
  46. Heart, remote myocardial infarction, medium power microscopic
  47. Heart, remote myocardial infarction, low power microscopic
  48. Heart, remote myocardial infarction, gross
  49. Heart, left ventricular aneurysm, gross
  50. Heart, left ventricular aneurysm, gross
  51. Heart, coronary artery bypass graft, gross
  52. Arterial Dissection

  53. Aorta, dissection with tear in arch, gross [CT]
  54. Heart, dissection with tear through media, low power microscopic
  55. Hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade, gross
  56. Aorta, dissection, gross
  57. Aorta, dissection, microscopic
  58. Carotid artery, dissection with compression, gross [CT]
  59. Aorta, dissection, microscopic
  60. Aorta, dissection, Marfan syndrome, gross
  61. Floppy mitral valve with prolapse, Marfan syndrome, gross
  62. Floppy mitral valve, gross
  63. Aorta, cystic medial necrosis, Marfan syndrome, Mucin stain, microscopic
  64. Arachnodactyly, Marfan syndrome, gross
  65. Infective Endocarditis

  66. Aortic valve, infective endocarditis, gross
  67. Aortic valve, infective endocarditis, gross [ANGIO]
  68. Infective endocarditis spreading to myocardium, gross
  69. Mitral valve, infective endocarditis with fistula to right heart, gross
  70. Aortic valve, healed infective endocarditis, gross
  71. Porcine bioprosthesis with infective endocarditis, gross
  72. Infective endocarditis, microscopic
  73. Infective endocarditis, microscopic
  74. Splinter hemorrhages seen in finger of patient with infective endocarditis, gross
  75. Splinter hemorrhage seen in finger of patient with infective endocarditis, gross
  76. Non-infective Endocarditis

  77. Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, gross
  78. Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, gross
  79. Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, microscopic
  80. Libman-Sacks endocarditis (and mitral rheumatic valvulitis), gross
  81. Mitral valve, acute rheumatic vegetations, gross
  82. Mitral valve, rheumatic mitral stenosis, gross
  83. Pericarditis

  84. Serous pericarditis, diagram
  85. Fibrinous pericarditis, diagram
  86. Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
  87. Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
  88. Fibrinous pericarditis, gross
  89. Fibrinous pericarditis, microscopic
  90. Hemorrhagic pericarditis, gross
  91. Hemorrhagic pericarditis, gross
  92. Purulent pericarditis, gross
  93. Constrictive pericarditis, microscopic [CT]
  94. Myocarditis

  95. Heart, microabscesses, gross
  96. Heart, microabscess, gross
  97. Heart, microabscess, microscopic
  98. Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
  99. Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
  100. Acute rheumatic carditis, microscopic
  101. Chronic rheumatic valvulitis, gross
  102. Myocarditis, toxoplasmosis, microscopic
  103. Myocarditis, toxoplasmosis, microscopic
  104. Interstitial viral myocarditis, microscopic
  105. Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
  106. Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
  107. Acute transplant rejection, microscopic
  108. Giant cell myocarditis, medium power microscopic
  109. Neoplasia

  110. Heart, rhabdomyoma, gross
  111. Heart, atrial myxoma, gross [CT]
  112. Heart, atrial myxoma, microscopic
  113. Heart, epicardium, metastases, gross
  114. Heart, myocardium and endocardium, metastases, gross
  115. Heart, endocardium, chloroma, gross
  116. Heart, epicardium, metastases, microscopic
  117. Heart, myocardium, metastatic melanoma, microscopic
  118. Congenital Heart Disease

  119. Congenital heart disease, table
  120. Heart, normal configuration, diagram
  121. Heart, ductus arteriosus in fetal heart, gross
  122. Heart, probe patent foramen ovale, and paradoxical embolus, gross
  123. Heart, atrial septal defect, diagram
  124. Heart, atrial septal defect, gross
  125. Heart, atrial septal defect, Eisenmenger complex, gross
  126. Heart, ventricular septal defect, diagram
  127. Heart, ventricular septal defect, gross
  128. Heart, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect, gross
  129. Heart, endocardial cushion defect, diagram
  130. Heart, endocardial cushion defect with single AV valve, gross
  131. Aorta, coarctation, diagram
  132. Aorta, coarctation, gross
  133. Aorta, coarctation, gross
  134. Aorta, coarctation, gross
  135. Heart, patent ductus arteriosus, diagram
  136. Pulmonic valve, quadricuspid, gross
  137. Aortic valve, bicuspid, gross
  138. Aortic valve, senile calcific aortic stenosis, gross
  139. Heart, hypoplastic left heart, diagram
  140. Heart, tetralogy of Fallot, diagram
  141. Heart, persistent truncus arteriosus, diagram
  142. Heart, transposition of great vessels, diagram
  143. Heart, supravalvular aortic stenosis, diagram
  144. Heart, total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR), diagram
  145. Cardiomyopathies

  146. Cardiomyopathies, table
  147. Heart, dilated cardiomyopathy, gross [XRAY]
  148. Heart, dilated cardiomyopathy, gross
  149. Heart, cardiomyopathy, microscopic
  150. Heart, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, explanted heart, gross
  151. Heart, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, microscopic
  152. Heart, restrictive cardiomyopathy from hemochromatosis, microscopic [MRI]
  153. Heart, restrictive cardiomyopathy from amyloidosis, microscopic
  154. Myocardium, amyloidosis, apple-green birefringence with polarized light, Congo red stain, microscopic
  155. Heart, right ventricular dysplasia, gross
  156. Heart, right ventricular dysplasia, microscopic
  157. Heart, hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy, gross
  158. Heart, hypertrophy with hypertension, gross
  159. Heart, ischemic cardiomyopathy, microscopic
  160. Miscellaneous Cardiac Diseases

  161. Peripheral coronary artery with sclerosis, microscopic
  162. Heart with pacemaker, gross [XRAY]
  163. Porcine valve bioprosthesis, gross
  164. Mechanical valve prosthesis, tilting disk, gross [XRAY]
  165. Mechanical valve prosthesis, ball and cage, gross [XRAY]
  166. Heart, mitral annulus (mitral ring) calcification, gross
  167. Heart, endocardial fibroelastosis, gross
  168. Aorta, syphilitic aortitis, gross
  169. Aorta, syphilitic aortitis, gross
  170. Heart, carcinoid heart, medium power microscopic
  171. Heart, brown atrophy, gross
  172. Arterial and Venous Diseases

  173. Hyaline arteriolosclerosis, high power microscopic
  174. Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis, high power microscopic
  175. Renal arteriole, fibrinoid necrosis with malignant hypertension, microscopic
  176. Monckeberg's medial calcific sclerosis, low power microscopic
  177. Allograft arteriopathy, heart transplant, medium power microscopic
  178. Muscular artery, vasculitis, microscopic
  179. Muscular artery, polyarteritis nodosa, microscopic [ANGIO]
  180. Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, low power microscopic
  181. Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, high power microscopic
  182. Temporal artery, giant cell arteritis, gross
  183. Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia, low power microscopic and diagram [ANGIO]
  184. Hyaline thrombus in small artery with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), microscopic
  185. Varicose veins on legs, gross

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