Cardiac pathology

Cardiac pathology is the subspecialty of pathology which deals with diseases and disorders that affect the heart. It encompasses a broad range of conditions, including structural, functional, and biochemical abnormalities that impair the pumping activities of the heart. Cardiac pathology is closely tied to evolution of medical science, autopsy practices and our understanding on cardiovascular system. Major categories of cardiac pathology are congenital heart disease congenital heart defect, ischemic heart disease coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, inflammatory heart diseases such as infective endocarditis, heart failure, arrhythmia, diseases of pericardium, neoplastic disorders and other conditions. Major application areas of the knowledge on cardiac pathology are education for health professionals, autopsy services, hospital pathology services surgical pathology including heart transplantation.

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