Cardiac Pathology — Flashcards

The hyaline, eosinophilic deposits seen on the biopsy point to a diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, which most commonly leads to _____ cardiomyopathy.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is characterized by myofibrillar hypertrophy with _____ and fibrosis on biopsy

Aschoff's bodies in rheumatic heart disease shows _____ necrosis.

_____ disease is a glycogen storage disease associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

_____ bacterial endocarditis is most commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Hint: Acute or Subacute

Reperfusion of irreversibly-damaged cells post-MI may result in _____ influx, leading to hypercontraction of myofibrils (contraction band necrosis)

_____ cardiomyopathy may be caused by endocardial fibroelastosis, which is a thick fibroelastic tissue in the endocardium; most commonly affects young children

Myocardial infarction is often due to rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with _____ and complete occlusion of a coronary artery

When the surface of the endocardium is damaged, thrombotic vegetations of _____ and fibrin may develop

_____ endocarditis is due to sterile vegetations that arise in association with SLE