The adult congenital heart diseases (ACHD) population is exceeding the pediatric congenital heart diseases (CHD) population and is progressively expanding each year, representing more than 90% of patients with CHD. Of these, about 75% have undergone surgical and/or percutaneous intervention for palliation or correction. Autopsy can be a very challenging procedure in ACHD patients. The approach and protocol to be used may vary depending on whether the pathologists are facing native disease without surgical or percutaneous interventions, but with various degrees of cardiac remodeling, or previously palliated or corrected CHD. Moreover, interventions for the same condition have evolved over the last decades, as has perioperative myocardial preservations and postoperative care, with different long-term sequelae depending on the era in which patients were operated on. Careful clinicopathological correlation is, thus, required to assist the pathologist in performing the autopsy and reaching a diagnosis regarding the cause of death. Due to the heterogeneity of the structural abnormalities, and the wide variety of surgical and interventional procedures, there are no standard methods for dissecting the heart at autopsy. In this paper, we describe the most common types of CHDs that a pathologist could encounter at autopsy, including the various types of surgical and percutaneous procedures and major pathological manifestations. We also propose a practical systematic approach to the autopsy of ACHD patients.

Autopsy in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) / Angelini, A; di Gioia, C; Doran, H; Fedrigo, M; Henriques de Gouveia, R; Ho, Sy; Leone, O; Sheppard, Mn; Thiene, G; Dimopoulos, K; Mulder, B; Padalino, M; van der Wal, Ac; Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology, (AECVP).. - In: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. - ISSN 0945-6317. - 476:6(2020), pp. 797-820. [10.1007/s00428-020-02779-8]

Autopsy in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD)

di Gioia C
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2020

Abstract

The adult congenital heart diseases (ACHD) population is exceeding the pediatric congenital heart diseases (CHD) population and is progressively expanding each year, representing more than 90% of patients with CHD. Of these, about 75% have undergone surgical and/or percutaneous intervention for palliation or correction. Autopsy can be a very challenging procedure in ACHD patients. The approach and protocol to be used may vary depending on whether the pathologists are facing native disease without surgical or percutaneous interventions, but with various degrees of cardiac remodeling, or previously palliated or corrected CHD. Moreover, interventions for the same condition have evolved over the last decades, as has perioperative myocardial preservations and postoperative care, with different long-term sequelae depending on the era in which patients were operated on. Careful clinicopathological correlation is, thus, required to assist the pathologist in performing the autopsy and reaching a diagnosis regarding the cause of death. Due to the heterogeneity of the structural abnormalities, and the wide variety of surgical and interventional procedures, there are no standard methods for dissecting the heart at autopsy. In this paper, we describe the most common types of CHDs that a pathologist could encounter at autopsy, including the various types of surgical and percutaneous procedures and major pathological manifestations. We also propose a practical systematic approach to the autopsy of ACHD patients.
2020
adult congenital heart diseases; autopsy; cardiovascular pathology; congenital heart diseases; protocol
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Autopsy in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) / Angelini, A; di Gioia, C; Doran, H; Fedrigo, M; Henriques de Gouveia, R; Ho, Sy; Leone, O; Sheppard, Mn; Thiene, G; Dimopoulos, K; Mulder, B; Padalino, M; van der Wal, Ac; Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology, (AECVP).. - In: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. - ISSN 0945-6317. - 476:6(2020), pp. 797-820. [10.1007/s00428-020-02779-8]
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