Cardiovascular Pathology

Article	Citations
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	313
Myocarditis is rare in COVID-19 autopsies: cardiovascular findings across 277 postmortem examinations	228
Analysis of cardiopulmonary findings in COVID-19 fatalities: High incidence of pulmonary artery thrombi and acute suppurative bronchopneumonia	103
MicroRNAs: roles in cardiovascular development and disease	101
COVID-19 myocarditis: quantitative analysis of the inflammatory infiltrate and a proposed mechanism	55
Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism in SARS-CoV-2-Infection	52
Current state of vaccine development and targeted therapies for COVID-19: impact of basic science discoveries	52
STEMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic - An Evaluation of Incidence	39
The pathobiology of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), the fourth layer of the blood vessel wall	21
Morphometric characterization of collagen and fat in normal ventricular myocardium	20
Sudden cardiac death in the young: A consensus statement on recommended practices for cardiac examination by pathologists from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology	19
Cardiac pathology in COVID-19: a single center autopsy experience	17
Fatal Takotsubo syndrome in critical COVID-19 related pneumonia	16
The role of adiponectin in cardiovascular disease	15
PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in cardiac transplantation	13
An overview of human pericardial space and pericardial fluid	13
Accessory mitral valve tissue: anatomical and clinical perspectives	13
Structural abnormalities in the non-dilated ascending aortic wall of bicuspid aortic valve patients	13
Cardiovascular factors predicting poor outcome in COVID-19 patients	13
The history, science, and art of wine and the case for health benefits: perspectives of an oenophilic cardiovascular pathologist	12
Cardiac tumors: three decades of experience from a tertiary center: are we changing diagnostic work-up with new imaging tools?	12
Prevention of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): reexamining microRNA-21 inhibition in the era of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics	12
A novel coronavirus meets the cardiovascular system: Society for Cardiovascular Pathology Symposium 2021	12
Accelerated miniature swine models of advanced atherosclerosis: A review based on morphology	11
The pathology of Kawasaki disease aortitis: a study of 37 cases	11

Diagnosis, treatment and predictors of prognosis of myocarditis. A narrative review	10
Sudden death by massive systemic embolism from cardiac myxoma. Role of the clinical autopsy and review of literature	10
Cardiac macrophage density in Covid-19 infection: relationship to myocyte necrosis and acute lung injury	10
Myocardial fibrosis: morphologic patterns and role of imaging in diagnosis and prognostication	9
Comparison of the damage to aorta wall in aortitis versus noninflammatory degenerative aortic diseases	9
Histological features of endomyocardial biopsies in patients undergoing hemodialysis: Comparison with dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertensive heart disease	9
Electrocardiographic changes are strongly correlated with the extent of cardiac inflammation in mice with Coxsackievirus B3-induced viral myocarditis	9
Microthrombosis as a cause of fulminant myocarditis-like presentation with COVID-19 proven by endomyocardial biopsy	8
Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma: a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetics study of five clinical cases	8
Correlation between SHP-1 and carotid plaque vulnerability in humans	8
Remodeling of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac following endovascular aortic repair: association with clinical, surgical, and genetic factors	8
Cardiovascular ochronosis	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
The role of endocarditis in sudden cardiac death: highlighting the value of the autopsy, pathological features and cardiac complications	7
Sengers syndrome: a rare case of cardiomyopathy combined with congenital cataracts in an infant: post-mortem case report	7
Commentary on the enigma of small vessel disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is invasive assessment of microvascular resistance a novel independent predictor of prognosis?	7
Cellular senescence evaluated by P16INK4a immunohistochemistry is a prevalent phenomenon in advanced calcific aortic valve disease	7
CARD9 mediates T cell inflammatory response in Coxsackievirus B3-induced acute myocarditis	7
Autonomic nerves in myocardial sleeves around caval veins: Potential role in cardiovascular mortality?	6
Endomyocardial biopsy with co-localization of a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and AL amyloidosis	6
The effect of olmesartan on aortic intimal thickening after balloon injury through Apelin/APJ	6
A case of surgically resected cardiac rhabdomyoma with progressive left ventricular outflow tract obstruction	6
Fibrin-associate diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma arising in a left atrial myxoma: A case report and literature review✰,✰✰	6
Fatal rupture of pseudoaneurysm following angioplasty	6
Improving effects of eplerenone on atrial remodeling induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia in rats	6
Clinically occult amyloidosis derived from leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 (ALECT 2) with cardiac involvement complicating renal transplantation: case report and literature review	6
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	6
Kinins and nitric oxide in patients with chronic chagas disease and systemic arterial hypertension	5
Atrial inflammation and microvascular thrombogenicity are increased in deceased COVID-19 patients	5
Review on multifaceted involvement of perivascular adipose tissue in vascular pathology	5
Structural valve deterioration and mode of failure of stentless bioprosthetic valves	5
Unexpected case of chagas disease reactivation in endomyocardial biopsy for evaluation of cardiac allograft rejection	5
The pathology of early failure in Mitroflow pericardial valve bioprosthesis (12A/LX)	5
Histopathologic features of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins with atypical clinical presentation	5
Combined valve replacement and aortocoronary bypass in an adult mucopolysaccharidosis type VII patient	5
Efficacy of bilateral temporal artery biopsies and sectioning of the entire block of tissue for the diagnosis of temporal arteritis	4
Age-related histologic features of the sinoatrial node from normal human hearts during the first 10 decades of life: a study of 200 cases	4
Effect of sex, age and body measurements on heart weight, atrial, ventricular, valvular and sub-epicardial fat measurements of the normal heart	4
Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Further insights into morphological patterns	4
Adipocytes and membranous fat necrosis within native cardiac valves: Clinicopathologic characterization of histologic constituents	4
Pathologist's role in identifying cardiac defects—a fetal autopsy series	4
Multiorgan emboli due to an intraluminal thrombus from frozen elephant trunk	4
Lysosomal storage disorders affecting the heart: a review	4
Commentary on the spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology in COVID-19	4
Is carotid web an arterial wall dysplasia? A histological series	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
Gravitational ischemia in the brain—may contribute to delirium and mortality in the intensive care unit	4

Coexistence of amyloidosis and light chain deposition disease in the heart	3
Isolated subclavian or brachiocephalic arteries with tetralogy of Fallot, left retro-aortic brachiocephalic vein	3
Extracellular vesicles and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease	3
Molecular genetic characterization of sudden deaths due to thoracic aortic dissection or rupture	3
Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes: systematic review	3
Recurrent pulmonary embolization of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a case report	3
Etiologies of pericarditis in hospital and forensic autopsies	3
Infective endocarditis caused by Chaetomium globosum	3
Senescence, immune microenvironment, and vascularization in cardiac myxomas	3
Implication of inflammation on Coxsackie virus and Adenovirus receptor expression on cardiomyocytes and the role of platelets in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	3
Stone heart syndrome after prolonged cardioplegia induced cardiac arrest in open-heart surgery – a pilot study on pigs	3
The comeback of syphilitic aortitis	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
Consensus statement on the processing, interpretation and reporting of temporal artery biopsy for arteritis	3
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a complex clinical course leading to heart transplantation	2
The prognostic value of cardiac troponin for 60 day mortality and major adverse events in COVID-19 patients	2
Cardiac AA amyloidosis in a patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	2
Morphology of the papillary muscles and the chordae tendineae of the ventricles of adult human hearts	2
An untapped resource: characteristics of thrombus recovered from intermediate or high risk pulmonary embolus patients	2
Diffusible contrast-enhanced micro-CT improves visualization of stented vessels	2
An autopsy case of sudden unexpected death with Barlow's disease	2
The microenvironment of the atheroma expresses phenotypes of plaque instability	2
Commentary on development of the “molecular microscope (MMDX)” assay for heart transplant biopsy rejection surveillance: SCVP journal club	2
A cardiac intimal sarcoma mimicking infective endocarditis	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
Carney Complex syndrome	2
A case presenting as fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to segmental arterial mediolysis associated with Crohn's disease	2
Autopsy findings of left atrial appendage closure device	2
Unfavorable left ventricular remodeling due to experience of chronic sleep restriction after myocardial infarction: The role of matrix metalloproteinases & oxidative stress	2
Bicuspid aortic valve: The most frequent and not so benign congenital heart disease	2
Histopathologic evaluation of saphenous vein grafts in patients with type II diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	2
Saprochaete capitata aortitis in an immunocomopetent patient after myocardial revascularization	2
Myocarditis in the forensic setting	2
Myocarditis and endomyocardial biopsy: achieving consensus diagnosis on 100 cases	2
Huge right ventricular outflow tract aneurysm late following total repair of tetralogy of Fallot leading to orthotopic heart transplantation	2
Diagnosing myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsies: survey of current practice	2
Isolated cardiac valve involvement in smoldering adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma	2
S100B in heart diseases	2
Quantitative assessment of myocardial fibrosis by digital image analysis: An adjunctive tool for pathologist “ground truth”	2
Correlation of light microscopic findings with transmission electron microscopy within a vascular occlusion device	2
The influence of glutaraldehyde on the microscopic structure of human pericardium	2
Atypical presentation of Takayasu aortitis and myocarditis contributing to sudden death in a young Canadian first nations adult	2
Myocarditis in the forensic setting – a review of the literature	2
Congenital right ventricular diverticulum formed by pulmonary regurgitative jet flow in a fetus with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve	2
An unexpected intracardiac location of yolk sac tumor	1
Intracardiac echocardiography-guided endomyocardial biopsy for the early detection of giant cell myocarditis causing recurrent ventricular tachycardia	1
Transthyretin-derived amyloid (ATTR) and sarcoidosis: Does ATTR deposition cause a granulomatous inflammatory response in older adults with sarcoidosis?	1
Light chain deposition disease presenting as an atrial mass: a case report and review of literature	1
Emerging pulmonary histopathological findings in COVID-19 patients— a letter to the editor in response to Grosse et al. 2020	1
Commentary from Dr. Robert Padera regarding thrombus on the inflow cannula of the heartware HVAD: An update	1
Diffuse mononuclear inflammatory response to COVID-19: friendly fire or smoldering enemy?	1
Can transforming growth factor beta and downstream signalers distinguish bicuspid aortic valve patients susceptible for future aortic complications?	1
Amyloid deposition in an explanted bioprosthetic aortic valve: case report and review of the literature	1
Electron microscopy identification of SARS-COV-2: what is the evidence?	1
Multisystem Erdheim-Chester disease presenting with pericardial effusion confirmed by the effusion cytology specimen	1
Novel pathologic manifestation of idiopathic massive myocardial calcification	1
A case report of Nocardia asiatica constrictive pericarditis in a patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus	1
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	1
Cellular and molecular mechanisms driving cardiac tissue fibrosis: On the precipice of personalized and precision medicine	1
Histopathological evaluation of chronic rheumatic mitral valve stenosis: the association with clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and management at a National Cardiac Institute, Tanzania.	1
Early transverse tubule involvement in cardiomyocytes in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a possible cause of cardiac events	1
3D models of the cardiac conduction system in healthy neonatal human hearts	1
The heart is the sun of the microcosm: William Harvey revolution	1
Unexpected diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma in an endomyocardial biopsy done for cardiac allograft rejection evaluation	1
The potential involvement of glycocalyx disruption in abdominal aortic aneurysm pathogenesis	1
The role of Transmembrane Protein 16A (TMEM16A) in pulmonary hypertension	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
Electron microscopic identification of SARS-CoV-2	1
A case of endomyocardial biopsy-proven early stage cardiac involvement in heterozygous Fabry disease	1
Ultra-rapid regrowth of urothelial cardiac metastasis after debulking surgery	1
The application of autopsy and explanted heart samples in scientific research	1
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by metastatic ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: a case report and literature review	1
Primary cardiac low-grade neuroendocrine tumor: a case report and review of the literature	1
Histological studies shed new light on the initiation and characteristics of calcification of coronary artery aneurysms in Kawasaki disease	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
Frequent protein kinase A regulatory subunit A1 mutations but no GNAS mutations as potential driver in sporadic cardiac myxomas	1
Comparison of modes of failure and clinical outcomes between explanted porcine and bovine pericardial bioprosthetic valves	1

Commentary on an inflammatory discussion: Society for Cardiovascular Pathology journal club	1
Re: Nair et al. Consensus statement on the processing, interpretation and reporting of temporal artery biopsy for arteritis	1
Cardiac myxoma with atypical cell population mimicking malignancy – a diagnostic pitfall	1
Primary cardiac lipoblastoma of the right atrium	1
Valve-in-valve prosthesis—late morphological findings	1
Increased fibrosis and microvessel disease in allograft endomyocardial biopsies of children with chronic graft failure due to cardiac allograft vasculopathy	1
Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the left Sinus of Valsalva in a Donor Heart With Unsuccessful Repair	1
“Role of Cardiac Inflammation in the Pathology of COVID-19; relationship to the current definition of myocarditis”	1
Spectrum of postmortem autopsy findings in native and surgically corrected hearts with congenital malformations: a 10-year single-center experience	1
Neovascularization of native cardiac valves, and correlation with histopathologic, clinical, and radiologic features	1