Abstract book of the 7th meeting of the European Association for Cardiovascular Pathology (AECVP)

Changes secondary to pacing leads within the coronary veins

Joanne Beasley, Sern Lim, Desley Neil

University Birmingham Hospital, Department of Histopathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, England

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.001

Apoptotic cell death during the progression of a coronary thrombus after plaque disruption

Carlijn G Maagdenberg, Xiaofei Li, Claire MacKaaij, Onno J de Boer, Allard C van der Wal

Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.002

Histopathological characteristics and clinical correlations in type A acute aortic syndromes patients

Alberto Foà, Anna Corsini, Valentina Agostini, Fabio Vagnarelli, Giulia Norscini, Sophia Soflai Sohee, Laura Cinti, Giovanni Melandri, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Davide Pacini, Claudio Rapezzi, Ornella Leone

Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna and S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.003

Surgical pathology study of 5,050 aortic valves from Chinese cases, emphasizing on the histological typing of bicuspid aortic valves

Hongyue Wang, Li Li, Xuejing Duan, Qingzhi Wang, Wei Wang

Department of Pathology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.004

The presence of enterovirus, adenovirus and parvovirus B19 in myocardial tissue samples from autopsies – an evaluation of their frequencies in deceased individuals with myocarditis and in non-inflamed control hearts

Nielsen Trine Skov, Hansen Jakob, Nielsen Lars Peter, Baandrup Ulrik, Banner Jytte

Center for Clinical Research, Vendsyssel Hospital, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Department of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Department of Virology/Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Forensic Medicine, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.005

The prevalence of Quilty effect in endomyocardial biopsy of patients after heart transplantation

Sylwia Szymanska, Wieslawa Grajkowska, Malgorzata Sobieszczanska-Malek, Tomasz Zielinski, Michal Pyzlak, Maciej Pronicki

Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.006

A clinical and morphological study of 3 cases of histiocytoid cardiomyopathy

Mitrofanova Lubov, Konovalov Petr, Fedotova Elena, Bereznickaya Vera, Shkolnikova Mariya

Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.007

A European expert survey with regard to workload and workforce of cardiovascular pathology units in major cardiovascular centers

Katharina Wassilew Patrick Bruneval Allard van der Wal Vesselina Tsenova Jovan D Vassiljevic

Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.008

Blow to the chest and sudden cardiac death. Commotio cordis and contusio cordis are leading causes

Lydia Krexi, Mary N Sheppard

Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
CRY Center for Cardiovascular Pathology, St Georges Medical School, London, United Kingdom

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.009

Can de novo C1q fixing DSA combined with histological status predict cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplantation?

Faustine Mittler, Stéphanie Malard, Sabine Pattier, Guillaume Lamirault, Alexandre Walencik, Anne Devys, Anne Cesbron, Claire Toquet

1 Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Nantes, France
2 HLA Laboratory, EFS Nantes, France
3 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Nantes, France

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.010

Carbonic anhydrase IX deposits are associated with increased ascending aorta dilatation

Ivana Kholová, Eetu Niinimäki, Petteri Muola, Seppo Parkkila, Hannu Haapasalo, Silvia Pastoreková, Jaromír Pastorek, Timo Paavonen, Ari A. Mennander

1 Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Hospital, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
3 School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
4 Department of Anesthesiology, Southern Carelian Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland
5 Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.011

Cardiac phenotype associated to truncations in FLNC gene in victims of sudden cardiac deaths

Molina P, Sanz J, Suárez-Mier MP, Aguilera B, Hidalgo V, Cardona B, Climent V, Dasi C, Gimeno JR, García-Pavía P, Ortiz M, Monserrat L, Zorio E

Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.012

Cardiomyocyte remodelling in ischemic myocardium

Milda Kupryte, Lina Utkiene, Lina Peciulyte, Vitalija Buneviciene, Dalia Pangonyte

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.013

Cardiovascular pathology in organ procurement from uncontrolled non-heart beating donors

Joaquín Lucena, José L. Laborda, Luis Martín, Jaume Revuelto, Teresa Aldabó2, Elena Correa, Ana Gallego, Paloma Ruiz del Portal, Juan J. Egea

1 Forensic Pathology Department, Institute of Legal Medicine, Seville, Spain
2 Organ Procurement Organization, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.014

Gender differences of atrial innervation

Mitrofanova Lubov, Konovalov Petr

Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.015

Gender perspective in adult sudden cardiac death

Molina P, Monzó A, Sancho J, Colorado A, Muñoz-Quirós JM, Negre C, López A, Martinez-Dolz L, Giner J, Zorio E

Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.016

Histopathology of explanted cardiovascular devices for interventional therapy of congenital heart disease

Matthias Sigler, Katja Eildermann, Theodor Tirilomis*, Heike Schneider, Rudi Foth, Thomas Paul

Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, *Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.017

Left cardiac ventricular mass measured by postmortem CT and compared to autopsy

Gheorghe A, Fuchs A, Jacobsen C, Lynnerup N, Banner J

Department of forensic medicine, Univeristy of Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.018

Lymphangiogenesis is increased in heart valve endocarditis

Ivana Kholová, Eetu Niinimäki, Ari A. Mennander, Timo Paavonen

1 Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Hospital, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
3 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
4 Department of Anesthesiology, Southern Carelian Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.019  

Mixed phenotype: arrhythmogenic and non-compacted cardiomyopathy

Sanz J, Ríos JM, Molina P, Braza-Boïls A, Abellan Y, Amorós D, Almudever M, Martinez-Dolz L, Zorio E

1 Cardiology Department, La Fe University Politecnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain
2 Department of Pathology, Valencia`s Medical School, Spain
3 Pathology Department at the Legal Medicine Institute of Valencia, Spain
4 Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.020

Morphological features of lesions in the aortic and mitral valves in patients with Marfan-like syndrome (MFS)

Konovalov P, Mitrofanova L, Parfenova N, Malev E

Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.021

Neovascularization in ascending aortic dissection

Timo Paavonen, Eetu Niinimaki, Ville Pynnonen, Ivana Kholova1, Ari Mennander

1 Department of Pathology, Fimlab and University of Tampere, Finland
2 Heart Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.022

Neutrophil- and eosinophil extracellular traps (NETs and EETs) in small, medium, and large vessel vasculitis

Onno J de Boer, Desi Westmaas, Claire Mackaaij, Allard C van der Wal

Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.023

Postmortem genetic analyses in cases of sudden unexpected death using "Next-generation sequencing"

S Scheiper, E Ramos-Luis, A Blanco-Verea, C Geisen, M Kettner, M A Verhoff, M Brion, S Kauferstein

1 Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
2 German Red Cross, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.024

 Sudden cardiac death caused by a rare cardiomyopathy: cardiac pathologic findings

Valentina Agostini, Alberto Foà, Barbara Corti, Ornella Leone

Department of Pathology, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.025

Sudden cardiac death in pregnant and postpartum women

Dimitra Krexi, Mary N Sheppard

Cardiac Risk in the Young Centre of Cardiovascular Pathology, Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.026

The alliance of forensic pathology and cardiology in the prevention of sudden cardiac death. The seville experience.

Soledad Garcia-Hernandez, Juan Ignacio Valle-Racero, Jose Angel Urbano-Moral, Joaquin Lucena-Romero

Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.027

The great imitator

KB Olsen, PH Heimdal, J Banner

Department of Forensic Medicine, Section of Forensic Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.028

The influence of number and size of myocardium on Acute Cellular Rejection diagnosis in endomyocardial biopsy of transplanted heart

Sylwia Szymanska, Wieslawa Grajkowska, Malgorzata Sobieszczanska-Malek, Tomasz Zielinski, Michal Pyzlak, Maciej Pronicki

Department of Pathology, the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.029

The significance of histopathological changes in diagnosis and monitoring of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in patients after herat transplantation

Sylwia Szymanska, Wieslawa Grajkowska, Malgorzata Sobieszczanska-Malek, Tomasz Zielinski, Michal Pyzlak, Maciej Pronicki

Department of Pathology, the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.030

Thoracic aortic dissection: death may not always be due to rupture with hemorrhage. Unusual complications which may be missed at autopsy

Kunasilam Subramaniam, Joseph Westaby, Mary N Sheppard

1 Cardiac Risk in the Young Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Cardiovascular Sciences Research Center, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom 
2 The Academy of Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts and the London, London, United Kingdom
3 St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.031

Three unusual cases of sudden cardiac death related to anorectic drugs

Valentina Agostini, Cira RT di Gioia, Alberto Foà, Bruna Cerbelli, Mariarosaria Aromatario, Costantino Ciallella, Giulia D’Amati, Ornella Leone

Department of Pathology, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.032

Vascular Malformations of soft tissue: current classification and clinicopathological correlations

AM Utami, SE Horbach, DR Pabittei, OJ de Boer, CM van der Horst, AC van der Wal

1 Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2 Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.033

A tumor in superior vena cava

Rosa Henriques de Gouveia, Márcio Madeira, José Pedro Neves, Sância Ramos

National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences,Coimbra, Portugal

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.034

Fatal vascular rejection 26 years after cardiac transplantation due to dilated cardiomyopathy

H Göbel, R Castioglione, R Buettner, G Michels, JWU Fries

1 Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Köln, Germany 
2 Department of Cardiology, Med. Clinic III, University Hospital of Köln, Germany

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.035

Heart nodule

Rosa Henriques de Gouveia, M Basseliça Moreira, Beatriz S Silva, João Pinheiro

National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.aecvp2016.036