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Brooks S. Edwards, MD is Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic.
Preface. Foreword. Introduction. Acknowledgments. 1. Atherosclerotic coronary disease. 2. Nonatherosclerotic coronary disease. 3. Myocardial disease. 4. Diseases of the conduction system. 5. Systemic hypertension. 6. Valvular heart disease. 7. Metabolic and infiltrative disorders. 8. Tumors and blood dyscrasias. 9. Great vessels and related structures. 10. Diseases of the pericardium. 11. Multi-organ system diseases. References. Index.
Pathology of Sudden Cardiac Death provides a comprehensive review of cardiovascular disorders. While sudden cardiac death could primarily be seen as an arrhythmogenic event, this actually represents the minority of cases. For the vast majority, there is an underlying anatomic disorder of the cardiovascular system responsible for the ultimate hemodynamic collapse known as sudden cardiac death.