Cardiovascular Pathology

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The emerging spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Report of 3 autopsies from Houston, Texas, and review of autopsy findings from other United States cities	305
Myocarditis is rare in COVID-19 autopsies: cardiovascular findings across 277 postmortem examinations	214
Analysis of cardiopulmonary findings in COVID-19 fatalities: High incidence of pulmonary artery thrombi and acute suppurative bronchopneumonia	102
MicroRNAs: roles in cardiovascular development and disease	86
Pathophysiological characteristics and therapeutic approaches for pulmonary injury and cardiovascular complications of coronavirus disease 2019	82
Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism in SARS-CoV-2-Infection	51
COVID-19 myocarditis: quantitative analysis of the inflammatory infiltrate and a proposed mechanism	51
Current state of vaccine development and targeted therapies for COVID-19: impact of basic science discoveries	51
STEMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic - An Evaluation of Incidence	38
Comparative pathology of human and canine myxomatous mitral valve degeneration: 5HT and TGF-β mechanisms	32
Immunomodulatory treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis: Pathway toward precision-based therapy	31
Acute fatal myocarditis after a single dose of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, autopsy findings: a case report	20
The pathobiology of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), the fourth layer of the blood vessel wall	19
Morphometric characterization of collagen and fat in normal ventricular myocardium	17
Fatal Takotsubo syndrome in critical COVID-19 related pneumonia	16
Cardiac pathology in COVID-19: a single center autopsy experience	15
Syphilitic aortitis: still a current common cause of aneurysm of the tubular portion of ascending aorta	15
Fibrotic aortic valve disease after radiotherapy: an immunohistochemical study in breast cancer and lymphoma patients	13
Cardiovascular factors predicting poor outcome in COVID-19 patients	13
Sudden cardiac death in the young: A consensus statement on recommended practices for cardiac examination by pathologists from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology	13
Structural abnormalities in the non-dilated ascending aortic wall of bicuspid aortic valve patients	12
Clinicopathological manifestations of myocarditis in a heart failure population	12
Prevention of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): reexamining microRNA-21 inhibition in the era of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics	12
Relationships between visceral/subcutaneous adipose tissue FABP4 expression and coronary atherosclerosis in patients with metabolic syndrome	12
A novel coronavirus meets the cardiovascular system: Society for Cardiovascular Pathology Symposium 2021	12

Accessory mitral valve tissue: anatomical and clinical perspectives	11
Isomerism of the atrial appendages: morphology and terminology	11
Accelerated miniature swine models of advanced atherosclerosis: A review based on morphology	10
An overview of human pericardial space and pericardial fluid	10
Multiple ulcerations and perforation in the small intestine after steroid treatment in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a case report and literature review	10
Cardiac tumors: three decades of experience from a tertiary center: are we changing diagnostic work-up with new imaging tools?	10
Induction of aortic valve calcification by celecoxib and its COX-2 independent derivatives is glucocorticoid-dependent	9
The pathology of Kawasaki disease aortitis: a study of 37 cases	9
Myocardial fibrosis: morphologic patterns and role of imaging in diagnosis and prognostication	9
MiR-29a in mesenchymal stem cells inhibits FSTL1 secretion and promotes cardiac myocyte apoptosis in hypoxia-reoxygenation injury	9
PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in cardiac transplantation	9
Histological features of endomyocardial biopsies in patients undergoing hemodialysis: Comparison with dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertensive heart disease	8
The role of adiponectin in cardiovascular disease	8
The history, science, and art of wine and the case for health benefits: perspectives of an oenophilic cardiovascular pathologist	8
Cardiac macrophage density in Covid-19 infection: relationship to myocyte necrosis and acute lung injury	8
Electrocardiographic changes are strongly correlated with the extent of cardiac inflammation in mice with Coxsackievirus B3-induced viral myocarditis	8
Mitochondria in aneurysms and dissections of the human ascending aorta	8
Diagnosis, treatment and predictors of prognosis of myocarditis. A narrative review	8
Pathology of unexpected sudden cardiac death: Obstructive sleep apnea is part of the challenge	8
Correlation between SHP-1 and carotid plaque vulnerability in humans	7
Immunosuppressive therapy of biopsy proved immune-mediated lymphocytic myocarditis in the virus-negative and virus-positive patients.	7
Inflow cannula obstruction of the HeartWare left ventricular assist device: what do we really know?	7
Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma: a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetics study of five clinical cases	7
CARD9 mediates T cell inflammatory response in Coxsackievirus B3-induced acute myocarditis	7
Sengers syndrome: a rare case of cardiomyopathy combined with congenital cataracts in an infant: post-mortem case report	7
Cellular senescence evaluated by P16INK4a immunohistochemistry is a prevalent phenomenon in advanced calcific aortic valve disease	6
Cardiovascular ochronosis	6
Remodeling of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac following endovascular aortic repair: association with clinical, surgical, and genetic factors	6
A case of surgically resected cardiac rhabdomyoma with progressive left ventricular outflow tract obstruction	6
Sudden death by massive systemic embolism from cardiac myxoma. Role of the clinical autopsy and review of literature	6
Comparison of the damage to aorta wall in aortitis versus noninflammatory degenerative aortic diseases	6
Absent left atrial appendage: case report and review of the literature	6
The effect of olmesartan on aortic intimal thickening after balloon injury through Apelin/APJ	6
Fatal rupture of pseudoaneurysm following angioplasty	5
Perfusion-distention fixation of heart specimens: a key step in immortalizing heart specimens for wax infiltration and generating 3D imaging data sets for reconstruction and printed 3D models	5
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy presenting with different morphological patterns in the same patient: a case report and review of the literature	5
Structural valve deterioration and mode of failure of stentless bioprosthetic valves	5
Endomyocardial biopsy with co-localization of a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and AL amyloidosis	5
Review on multifaceted involvement of perivascular adipose tissue in vascular pathology	5
Microthrombosis as a cause of fulminant myocarditis-like presentation with COVID-19 proven by endomyocardial biopsy	5
The role of endocarditis in sudden cardiac death: highlighting the value of the autopsy, pathological features and cardiac complications	5
Combined valve replacement and aortocoronary bypass in an adult mucopolysaccharidosis type VII patient	5
Adipocytes and membranous fat necrosis within native cardiac valves: Clinicopathologic characterization of histologic constituents	4
Effect of sex, age and body measurements on heart weight, atrial, ventricular, valvular and sub-epicardial fat measurements of the normal heart	4
Atrial inflammation and microvascular thrombogenicity are increased in deceased COVID-19 patients	4
Thoracic aortic dissection associated with involvement by small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a possible underappreciated risk factor?	4
Fibrin-associate diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma arising in a left atrial myxoma: A case report and literature review✰,✰✰	4
Gravitational ischemia in the brain—may contribute to delirium and mortality in the intensive care unit	4
Improving effects of eplerenone on atrial remodeling induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia in rats	4
Multiorgan emboli due to an intraluminal thrombus from frozen elephant trunk	4

A novel, rapid, and low cost method for preparing tissues with metallic stents for routine histology	4
Lysosomal storage disorders affecting the heart: a review	4
The pathology of early failure in Mitroflow pericardial valve bioprosthesis (12A/LX)	4
Moyamoya disease associated with fibromuscular dysplasia of intrapulmonary bronchial arteries—a case report	4
Cardiac fibroma: A clinicopathologic study of a series of 12 cases	4
Rac1 mediates cadherin-11 induced cellular pathogenic processes in aortic valve calcification	4
Inflammation and fibrosis characterize different stages of myocardial remodeling in patients after stereotactic body radiotherapy of ventricular myocardium for recurrent ventricular tachycardia	4
Commentary on the spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology in COVID-19	4
Chemotherapy-associated nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A radiological mimicker of cardiac amyloidosis requiring histopathologic examination for definitive diagnosis	3
Histopathologic features of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins with atypical clinical presentation	3
Etiologies of pericarditis in hospital and forensic autopsies	3
Age-related histologic features of the sinoatrial node from normal human hearts during the first 10 decades of life: a study of 200 cases	3
Unexpected case of chagas disease reactivation in endomyocardial biopsy for evaluation of cardiac allograft rejection	3
Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Further insights into morphological patterns	3
Stone heart syndrome after prolonged cardioplegia induced cardiac arrest in open-heart surgery – a pilot study on pigs	3
Commentary on the enigma of small vessel disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is invasive assessment of microvascular resistance a novel independent predictor of prognosis?	3
Kinins and nitric oxide in patients with chronic chagas disease and systemic arterial hypertension	3
Clinically occult amyloidosis derived from leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 (ALECT 2) with cardiac involvement complicating renal transplantation: case report and literature review	3
Infective endocarditis caused by Chaetomium globosum	3
Senescence, immune microenvironment, and vascularization in cardiac myxomas	3
Isolated subclavian or brachiocephalic arteries with tetralogy of Fallot, left retro-aortic brachiocephalic vein	3
A rare case of post-infarction right ventricular rupture	3
Pathologist's role in identifying cardiac defects—a fetal autopsy series	3
The role of the bicuspid aortic valve in sudden cardiac death–findings at cardiac autopsy	3
The role of endomyocardial biopsy in suspected myocarditis in the contemporary era: a 10-year National Transplant Centre experience	3
The microenvironment of the atheroma expresses phenotypes of plaque instability	2
Carney Complex syndrome	2
Myocarditis and endomyocardial biopsy: achieving consensus diagnosis on 100 cases	2
The prognostic value of cardiac troponin for 60 day mortality and major adverse events in COVID-19 patients	2
A case presenting as fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to segmental arterial mediolysis associated with Crohn's disease	2
Autonomic nerves in myocardial sleeves around caval veins: Potential role in cardiovascular mortality?	2
Coexistence of amyloidosis and light chain deposition disease in the heart	2
Efficacy of bilateral temporal artery biopsies and sectioning of the entire block of tissue for the diagnosis of temporal arteritis	2
The comeback of syphilitic aortitis	2
Atypical presentation of Takayasu aortitis and myocarditis contributing to sudden death in a young Canadian first nations adult	2
Commentary on development of the “molecular microscope (MMDX)” assay for heart transplant biopsy rejection surveillance: SCVP journal club	2
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a complex clinical course leading to heart transplantation	2
Huge right ventricular outflow tract aneurysm late following total repair of tetralogy of Fallot leading to orthotopic heart transplantation	2
Cardiac AA amyloidosis in a patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	2
Obstructive sleep apnea and susceptibility to sudden cardiac death: A single player for both conditions?	2
Morphology of the papillary muscles and the chordae tendineae of the ventricles of adult human hearts	2
Autopsy findings of left atrial appendage closure device	2
Is carotid web an arterial wall dysplasia? A histological series	2
An autopsy case of sudden unexpected death with Barlow's disease	2
Extracellular vesicles and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease	2
Primary leiomyoma of the inferior vena cava mimicking a cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: a case report	2
Histopathological findings in the hearts of COVID-19 autopsies: a letter to Cardiovascular pathology journal editor in response to Halushka et al. 2020	2
Consensus statement on the processing, interpretation and reporting of temporal artery biopsy for arteritis	2
Recurrent pericardial effusion with pericardial amyloid deposition: a case report and literature review	2
Prevention and management of allograft rejection in heart transplantation: are miR-126-5p and miR-126-5p-expressing mesenchymal stem cell exosomes the Ariadne's thread?	2
Implication of inflammation on Coxsackie virus and Adenovirus receptor expression on cardiomyocytes and the role of platelets in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	2
S100B in heart diseases	2
Recurrent pulmonary embolization of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a case report	2
Correlation of light microscopic findings with transmission electron microscopy within a vascular occlusion device	2
Electron microscopy identification of SARS-COV-2: what is the evidence?	1
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by metastatic ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: a case report and literature review	1
An unexpected intracardiac location of yolk sac tumor	1
Congenital right ventricular diverticulum formed by pulmonary regurgitative jet flow in a fetus with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve	1
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	1
Molecular genetic characterization of sudden deaths due to thoracic aortic dissection or rupture	1
Histopathological evaluation of chronic rheumatic mitral valve stenosis: the association with clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and management at a National Cardiac Institute, Tanzania.	1
Commentary from Dr. Robert Padera regarding thrombus on the inflow cannula of the heartware HVAD: An update	1
Diffusible contrast-enhanced micro-CT improves visualization of stented vessels	1
Heart failure in breast cancer survivors: implications of miR126?	1
Emerging pulmonary histopathological findings in COVID-19 patients— a letter to the editor in response to Grosse et al. 2020	1
Unexpected diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma in an endomyocardial biopsy done for cardiac allograft rejection evaluation	1
Postmortem diagnosis of Takotsubo syndrome on autoptic findings: is it reliable? A systematic review	1
An unexpected paradox: wall shear stress in the aorta is less in patients with severe atherosclerosis regardless of obesity	1
Saprochaete capitata aortitis in an immunocomopetent patient after myocardial revascularization	1
Amyloid deposition in an explanted bioprosthetic aortic valve: case report and review of the literature	1
Spectrum of postmortem autopsy findings in native and surgically corrected hearts with congenital malformations: a 10-year single-center experience	1
“Role of Cardiac Inflammation in the Pathology of COVID-19; relationship to the current definition of myocarditis”	1
An untapped resource: characteristics of thrombus recovered from intermediate or high risk pulmonary embolus patients	1
Right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm	1
Comparison of heat monitoring-based myocardial protection strategy with classic myocardial protection method in isolated coronary artery bypass surgery patients	1
Cardiac varix: an example via a case report of a radiological mimicker of cardiac myxoma	1
Sanfilippo syndrome type A: early cardiac involvement of two patients with cardiac manifestations	1
The spectrum of macrophage-predominant inflammatory myocardial disease presenting as fulminant heart failure	1
Histopathologic evaluation of saphenous vein grafts in patients with type II diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	1
The heart is the sun of the microcosm: William Harvey revolution	1

The influence of glutaraldehyde on the microscopic structure of human pericardium	1
Primary cardiac lipoblastoma of the right atrium	1
Can transforming growth factor beta and downstream signalers distinguish bicuspid aortic valve patients susceptible for future aortic complications?	1
Papillary fibroelastoma on pulmonary valve – Valve-sparing surgery of a cardiac tumor in a rare location	1
Electron microscopic identification of SARS-CoV-2	1
Myocarditis in the forensic setting	1
Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes: systematic review	1
Ultra-rapid regrowth of urothelial cardiac metastasis after debulking surgery	1
Primary cardiac low-grade neuroendocrine tumor: a case report and review of the literature	1
Early transverse tubule involvement in cardiomyocytes in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a possible cause of cardiac events	1
The application of autopsy and explanted heart samples in scientific research	1
Comparison of modes of failure and clinical outcomes between explanted porcine and bovine pericardial bioprosthetic valves	1
Quantitative assessment of myocardial fibrosis by digital image analysis: An adjunctive tool for pathologist “ground truth”	1
Light chain deposition disease presenting as an atrial mass: a case report and review of literature	1
Diffuse mononuclear inflammatory response to COVID-19: friendly fire or smoldering enemy?	1
Diagnosing myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsies: survey of current practice	1
Commentary on an inflammatory discussion: Society for Cardiovascular Pathology journal club	1
Increased fibrosis and microvessel disease in allograft endomyocardial biopsies of children with chronic graft failure due to cardiac allograft vasculopathy	1
The role of Transmembrane Protein 16A (TMEM16A) in pulmonary hypertension	1
Valve-in-valve prosthesis—late morphological findings	1