ABSTRACT

Coronary Heart Disease.........................................................................................................78 Chronic Ischemia and Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Obstruction .....................79 Collaterals and Coronary Atherosclerosis ...................................................................82 Coronary Occlusion......................................................................................................87 Acute Myocardial Infarction ........................................................................................99 Complication of Myocardial Infarction ....................................................................102 Unstable Angina..........................................................................................................106 Sudden Coronary Death ............................................................................................107 Silent Acute Coronary Heart Disease........................................................................112 Chronic Coronary Heart Disease ..............................................................................113

Myocarditis ...........................................................................................................................113 Myocardial Biopsy ......................................................................................................113 Morphologic Types .....................................................................................................114 Myocarditis and Sudden Death .................................................................................124

Cardiomyopathies of Unknown Nature .............................................................................124 Dilated .........................................................................................................................127 Hypertrophic...............................................................................................................128 Restrictive ....................................................................................................................132 Arrhythmogenic ..........................................................................................................132 Sudden Death in Cardiomyopathies .........................................................................133

Orthotopic Transplanted Human Heart.............................................................................133 Congestive Heart Failure .....................................................................................................135