Pathology of the Heart and Sudden Death in Forensic Medicine assists the forensic pathologist in the presentation and interpretation of the sequence of events regarding an inquiry to a court of law.

Features:

• Provides the specific information that a forensic pathologist needs in a single source
• Presents the most recent findings on pediatric pathology
• Shows the benefits of communication between the forensic specialist and the clinician in determining cause of death

Contents

Functional Anatomy of the Heart

• Blood Vessels
• Myocardium
• Myocardial Interstitium

Heart's Examination

• Gross Examination
• Tissue Sampling
• Quantification of Lesions

Basic Pathophysiologic Changes

• Myocardium
• Fibrillar Collagen Matrix
• Extramural Coronary Arteries

Specific Heart Diseases and Sudden Cardiac Death

• Coronary Heart Disease
• Myocarditis
• Cardiomyopathies of Unknown Nature
• Orthotopic Transplanted Human Heart
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Sudden Death In Other Cardiac Conditions

Endocardial Lesions and Sudden Death

• Infective Endocarditis
• Valvular Or Mural Thrombotic Lesions
• Myxomatous Degeneration Of Heart Valves
• Rheumatic Valvular Disease
• Sudden Death In Patients Bearing Heart Valve Prostheses
• Other Endocardial Lesions Associated With Sudden Death
• Lesions of the Tricuspid Valve
• Lesions of the Pulmonary Valve
• Lesions of the Mitral Valve
• Periaortic Lesions

Sudden Cardiac Death in Infants and Children

• Sudden Death Between Birth and One Year
• Sudden Death Between One Year and Adult Life
• Classification of Cardiovascular Findings Associated with
• Sudden Death in Children
• Sudden Death from Congenital Heart Disease
• Genetic and Chromosomal Associations of Congenital Heart Disease
• Late Sudden Death After Surgical Correction
• Sudden Death in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
• Ebstein Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve
• Other Surgically Treated Congenital Heart Diseases
• Eisenmenger Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pathology of the Heart in Cases of Sudden Death Associated
• with Congenital Heart Disease
• Sudden Death Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Children
• Sudden Death in Diseases of Proximal Great Vessels and Heart Valves
• Sudden Death in Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies
• Sudden Death in Cardiac Tumors and Hamartomas
• Sudden Death Due to Cardiac Rhythm Disorders
• Sudden Death in Conduction System Disorders
• Sudden Death in Atrioventricular Conduction Block and Sick
• Sinus Syndrome

Cardiac Alterations in Sudden Infant Death (SIDS)

• Macroscopical Findings in SID at Autopsy
• Pathological Findings and Disturbances in the Heart

Sudden Cardiac Death and Channelpathies

• The Forensic Approach
• Disorders of the Ion Channel
• Disorders of the Heart Muscle

Interpretation of Patholgical Changes in Sudden Death

• Meaning of Pathological Findings in Sudden Death
• Review of Specific Conditions
• Adrenergic Stress and Related Morphopathology in Cardiology
• Coronary Heart Disease: Deficiences in Current Causal
• Hypotheses and Proposal for New Ones

Clinical Techniques for the Anatomic and Functional Evaluation of the Heart

• Parameters of Interest
• Available Techniques
• Cardiac Anatomy
• Coronary Anatomy
• Coronary Vascular Flow
• Myocardial Perfusion
• Ventricular Function
• Intracardiac Flows
• Myocardial Metabolism
• Myocardial Tissue Typing
• Electrical Alterations

Cardiovascular Traumatic Injuries

• Non-Penetrating Traumas
• Penetrating Thoracic Traumas
• Iatrogenic Traumas

Cardiac Surgery and Forensic Medicine

• Extracorporeal Circulation
• Myocardial Revascularization
• Ventricular Aneurysmectomy
• Valvular Surgery

Drug of Abuse and Pathology of the Heart

• Cocaine
• MDMA and MDEA
• Narcotic Agents
• Androgenic Anabolic Steroid
• Cannabis and Cannabinoids

Index

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