title: Approach to the cardiac autopsy.
abstract: This article deals with a detailed analysis of the dissection of the heart at autopsy. Since most of causes of death are cardiac it is essential that all pathologists are familiar with the approach to dissection of the heart, taking of blocks for histology and possible analysis of the conduction tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. m.sheppard@rbht.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Mary N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sheppard
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology