title: Pathologic Evaluation of Cardiovascular Medical Devices.
abstract: Cardiovascular devices such as coronary artery stents, ventricular assist devices, pacemakers, automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and septal closure devices are life saving and improve quality of life for millions of patients each year. Complications of these devices include thrombosis/thromboembolism, infection, structural failure and adverse material-tissue interactions. These findings should be sought when these devices are encountered on the surgical pathology bench or at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Padera