[Pathology of the cardiovascular system--new findings].
Presented is a review of important new informations in the field of cardiovascular pathology. The particular items discussed are hypertension (new definition and classification), etiopathogenesis of atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease (unstable plaque; acute coronary syndrome; advances in therapy), valvular diseases (changing spectrum; calcific aortic stenosis; mitral valve prolapse), cardiomyopathies (new definition; etiology), infective endocarditis (changing pattern), senile heart diseases, and endomyocardial biopsy.
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Fingerlandův ústav patologie Lékarské fakulty UK a Fakultní nemocnice, Hradec Králové. steiner@lfhk.cuni.cz
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans