What is Congenital Heart Disease?
Congenital heart disease is when a heart abnormalities present at birth that tend to produce shunting.
What is Right-Sided Heart Failure?
Right-sided heart failure or cor pulmonale is often caused by a left sided heart failure, causing blood to flow back to the lungs due to weakened left ventricle. What is the Pathology of Right-Sided Heart Failure? Right sided heart failure…
What is Left-Sided Heart Failure?
Left-sided heart failure is a heart condition where the left ventricle is weakened, resulting in inadequate pumping of oxygen-rich blood to the body. It has two types: systolic failure with reduced ejection fraction and diastolic heart failure with preserved ejection…
What is Cardiac Hypertrophy?
Cardiac Hypertrophy or Ventricular Hypertrophy is a result of a compensatory heart muscle thickening when the heart is under increased stress. What is the Pathology of Cardiac Hypertrophy? Cardiac hypertrophy pathology is characterized by a thickened heart muscle which results…
What is Systolic Dysfunction?
Systolic dysfunction is an impairment in ventricular contraction, that is, the heart does not contract properly, due to changes in the regulation of excitation-contraction mechanisms. It may occur with or without preserved ejection fraction, with normal ejection fraction at 45%…
What is Diastolic Dysfunction?
Diastolic dysfunction is a heart condition that causes left heart failure, where the heart chamber does not appropriately expand, causing inadequate filling of the chambers and blood backing up to the organs. What is the Pathology of Diastolic Dysfunction? Diastolic…
What is the Frank-Starling Mechanism?
The Frank-Starling mechanism describes the function of the heart in relation to its stretch and contraction. It states that as the left ventricular volume increases, its stroke volume will also increase as a result of the stretch that produces a…
What is Heart Failure?
Heart failure or congestive heart failure is an abnormality in the normal function of the heart, where the heart is not able to pump an adequate amount of blood to supply the tissues. What is the Pathology of Heart Failure?…
What are the Effects of Aging on the Heart?
Effects of aging on the heart are: Epicardial fat increasesBasophilic degenerationSigmoid septumMitral annulus calcificationAortic valve calcificationProlapsing myxomatous mitral valveLambl excrescences
WHAT IS CARDIAC PATHOLOGY?
Cardiac pathology is any lesion, disease, or malignancy that involves the heart. Examples of cardiac pathology includes: Conduction disordersFlow obstructionPump failureRegurgitant flowRupture of the heartRupture of vesselsShunted flow