1. General Pathology
    2. 1. The Cell as a Unit of Health and Disease
    2. Cellular Response to Stress and Toxic Insults
    3. Inflammation and Repair
    4. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolic Disease, and Shock
    5. Genetic Disorders
    6. Diseases of the Immune System
    7. Neoplasia
    8. Infectious Diseases
    9. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
    10. Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
  2. Systemic Pathology: Diseases of Organ Systems
    3. 11. Blood vessels
    12. The Heart
    13. Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus
    14. Red Blood Cell and Bleeding Disorders
    15. The Lung
    16. Head and Neck
    17. The Gastrointestinal Tract
    18. Liver and Gallbladder
    19. The Pancreas
    20. The Kidney
    21. The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System
    22. The Female Genital Tract
    23. The Breast
    24. The Endocrine System
    25. The Skin
    26. Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors
    27. Peripheral Nerves and Skeletal Muscles
    28. The Central Nervous System
    29. The Eye
Systemic Pathology: Diseases of Organ Systems
12. The Heart
CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND SPECIALIZATIONS
Myocardium
Valves
Conduction System
Blood Supply
Cardiac Stem Cells
EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE HEART
OVERVIEW OF CARDIAC PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
HEART FAILURE
Cardiac Hypertrophy: Pathophysiology and Progression to Heart Failure
Left-Sided Heart Failure
Right-Sided Heart Failure
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Left-to-Right Shunts
Atrial Septal Defect
Ventricular Septal Defect
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Right-to-Left Shunts
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Tricuspid Atresia
Obstructive Lesions
Coarctation of the Aorta
Pulmonary Stenosis and Atresia
Aortic Stenosis and Atresia
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Angina Pectoris
Myocardial Infarction
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
ARRHYTHMIAS
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
Systemic (Left-Sided) Hypertensive Heart Disease
Pulmonary (Right-Sided) Hypertensive Heart Disease (Cor Pulmonale)
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Calcific Valvular Degeneration
Calcific Aortic Stenosis
Calcific Stenosis of Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Mitral Annular Calcification
Mitral Valve Prolapse (Myxomatous Degeneration of the Mitral Valve)
RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Noninfected Vegetations
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
Endocarditis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Libman-Sacks Disease)
CARCINOID HEART DISEASE
COMPLICATIONS OF PROSTHETIC VALVES
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis
Other Causes of Myocardial Disease
PERICARDIAL DISEASE
Pericardial Effusion and Hemopericardium
Pericarditis
Acute Pericarditis
HEART DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
TUMORS OF THE HEART
Primary Cardiac Tumors
Cardiac Effects of Noncardiac Neoplasms
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION