Marfan Syndrome: A Cardiovascular Perspective

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Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue in which cardiovascular, skeletal, and ocular abnormalities may be present to a highly variable degree. Prevalence has been estimated at…

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Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

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The clinical presentation of constrictive pericarditis is similar to that of restrictive cardiomyopathy: predominantly signs of systemic venous congestion and less pronounced signs of low cardiac output. The distinction between…

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Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries

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Anomalous coronary arteries are frequently seen in conjunction with certain other congenital cardiac defects and may even be considered inherent in some anomalies, such as in transposition of the great…

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Cardiac Tumors

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Until the second half of the past century, cardiac tumors were diagnosed almost exclusively at autopsy. However, advances in cardiac imaging and the development of cardiopulmonary bypass made cardiac tumors…

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension

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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a rare progressive disease that eventually, if left untreated, progresses to right heart failure and death. The first pathologic description of the condition dates…

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Definition Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined as left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in the absence of abnormal loading conditions (valve disease, hypertension, congenital heart defects) sufficient to explain the degree of…

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Rheumatic Fever

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Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that affects various systems such as the skin, brain, cardiovascular system, and many mucosal membranes, that is, the pericardium, the pleura and the…

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Noncompacted Myocardium

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Definitions Noncompacted myocardium (NCM) is a cardiac abnormality involving the myocardial wall, characterized by numerous, excessively prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses penetrating into the midmyocardium ( Fig. 64.1 )….

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Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

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Acknowledgments This work has been supported by TRANSAC, University of Padua Strategic Project CPDA133979/13, Padua, Italy; Registry for Cardio-cerebro-vascular Pathology, Veneto Region, Venice, Italy; Target Project, Regional Health System, Venice,…

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Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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The cardiomyopathies represent an important group of heart muscle disorders that are all associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The most prevalent of these conditions is dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), which…

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