INTRODUCTION, Giorgio Baroldi and Vittorio Fineschi FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HEART, Giorgio Baroldi Blood Vessels Myocardium Myocardial Interstitium HEART''S EXAMINATION, Giorgio Baroldi and Vittorio Fineschi Gross Examination Tissue Sampling Quantification of Lesions BASIC PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES, Giorgio Baroldi Myocardium Fibrillar Collagen Matrix Extramural Coronary Arteries SPECIFIC HEART DISEASES AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, Giorgio Baroldi and Vittorio Fineschi Coronary Heart Disease Myocarditis Cardiomyopathies of Unknown Nature Orthotopic Transplanted Human Heart Congestive Heart Failure Sudden Death In Other Cardiac Conditions ENDOCARDIAL LESIONS AND SUDDEN DEATH, Malcom D. Silver Introduction Infective Endocarditis Valvular Or Mural Thrombotic Lesions Myxomatous Degeneration Of Heart Valves Rheumatic Valvular Disease Sudden Death In Patients Bearing Heart Valve Prostheses Other Endocardial Lesions Associated With Sudden Death Lesions of the Tricuspid Valve Lesions of the Pulmonary Valve Lesions of the Mitral Valve Periaortic Lesions SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN, Meredith M. Silver Introduction Sudden Death Between Birth and One Year Sudden Death Between One Year and Adult Life Classification of Cardiovascular Findings Associated with Sudden Death in Children Sudden Death from Congenital Heart Disease Genetic and Chromosomal Associations of Congenital Heart Disease Late Sudden Death After Surgical Correction Sudden Death in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Ebstein Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve Other Surgically Treated Congenital Heart Diseases Eisenmenger Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension Pathology of the Heart in Cases of Sudden Death Associated with Congenital Heart Disease Sudden Death Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Children Sudden Death in Diseases of Proximal Great Vessels and Heart Valves Sudden Death in Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies Sudden Death in Cardiac Tumors and Hamartomas Sudden Death Due to Cardiac Rhythm Disorders Sudden Death in Conduction System Disorders Sudden Death in Atrioventricular Conduction Block and Sick Sinus Syndrome CARDIAC ALTERATIONS IN SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (SIDS), Thomas Bajanowski and Berndt Brinkmann Definition Macroscopical Findings in SID at Autopsy Pathological Findings and Disturbances in the Heart Conclusions SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH AND CHANNELOPATHIES, Emanuela Turillazzi, Kathryn A. Glatter, and Margherita Neri Introduction The Forensic Approach Disorders of the Ion Channel Disorders of the Heart Muscle INTERPRETATION OF PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SUDDEN DEATH, Giorgio Baroldi Meaning of Pathological Findings in Sudden Death Review of Specific Conditions Adrenergic Stress and Related Morphopathology in Cardiology Coronary Heart Disease: Deficiences in Current Causal Hypotheses and Proposal for New Ones Conclusions CLINICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANATOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THE HEART, Antonio L''Abbate Parameters of Interest Available Techniques Cardiac Anatomy Coronary Anatomy Coronary Vascular Flow Myocardial Perfusion Ventricular Function Intracardiac Flows Myocardial Metabolism Myocardial Tissue Typing Electrical Alterations CARDIOVASCULAR TRAUMATIC INJURIES, Emanuela Turillazzi and Cristoforo Pomara Introduction Non-Penetrating Traumas Penetrating Thoracic Traumas Iatrogenic Traumas CARDIAC SURGERY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE, Alberto Repossini Introduction Extracorporeal Circulation Myocardial Revascularization Ventricular Aneurysmectomy Valvular Surgery DRUG OF ABUSE AND PATHOLOGY OF THE HEART, Emanuela Turillazzi and Irene Riezzo Introduction Cocaine MDMA and MDEA Narcotic Agents Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Cannabis and Cannabinoids APPENDIX REFERENCESlvular Or Mural Thrombotic Lesions Myxomatous Degeneration Of Heart Valves Rheumatic Valvular Disease Sudden Death In Patients Bearing Heart Valve Prostheses Other Endocardial Lesions Associated With Sudden Death Lesions of the Tricuspid Valve Lesions of the Pulmonary Valve Lesions of the Mitral Valve Periaortic Lesions SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN, Meredith M. Silver Introduction Sudden Death Between Birth and One Year Sudden Death Between One Year and Adult Life Classification of Cardiovascular Findings Associated with Sudden Death in Children Sudden Death from Congenital Heart Disease Genetic and Chromosomal Associations of Congenital Heart Disease Late Sudden Death After Surgical Correction Sudden Death in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Ebstein Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve Other Surgically Treated Congenital Heart Diseases Eisenmenger Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension Pathology of the Heart in Cases of Sudden Death Associated with Congenital Heart Disease Sudden Death Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Children Sudden Death in Diseases of Proximal Great Vessels and Heart Valves Sudden Death in Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies Sudden Death in Cardiac Tumors and Hamartomas Sudden Death Due to Cardiac Rhythm Disorders Sudden Death in Conduction System Disorders Sudden Death in Atrioventricular Conduction Block and Sick Sinus Syndrome CARDIAC ALTERATIONS IN SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (SIDS), Thomas Bajanowski and Berndt Brinkmann Definition Macroscopical Findings in SID at Autopsy Pathological Findings and Disturbances in the Heart Conclusions SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH AND CHANNELOPATHIES, Emanuela Turillazzi, Kathryn A. Glatter, and Margherita Neri Introduction The Forensic Approach Disorders of the Ion Channel Disorders of the Heart Muscle INTERPRETATION OF PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SUDDEN DEATH, Giorgio Baroldi Meaning of Pathological Findings in Sudden Death Review of Specific Conditions Adrenergic Stress and Related Morphopathology in Cardiology Coronary Heart Disease: Deficiences in Current Causal Hypotheses and Proposal for New Ones Conclusions CLINICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANATOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THE HEART, Antonio L''Abbate Parameters of Interest Available Techniques Cardiac Anatomy Coronary Anatomy Coronary Vascular Flow Myocardial Perfusion Ventricular Function Intracardiac Flows Myocardial Metabolism Myocardial Tissue Typing Electrical Alterations CARDIOVASCULAR TRAUMATIC INJURIES, Emanuela Turillazzi and Cristoforo Pomara Introduction Non-Penetrating Traumas Penetrating Thoracic Traumas Iatrogenic Traumas CARDIAC SURGERY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE, Alberto Repossini Introduction Extracorporeal Circulation Myocardial Revascularization Ventricular Aneurysmectomy Valvular Surgery DRUG OF ABUSE AND PATHOLOGY OF THE HEART, Emanuela Turillazzi and Irene Riezzo Introduction Cocaine MDMA and MDEA Narcotic Agents Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Cannabis and Cannabinoids APPENDIX REFERENCESuspid Valve Other Surgically Treated Congenital Heart Diseases Eisenmenger Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension Pathology of the Heart in Cases of Sudden Death Associated with Congenital Heart Disease Sudden Death Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Children Sudden Death in Diseases of Proximal Great Vessels and Heart Valves Sudden Death in Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies Sudden Death in Cardiac Tumors and Hamartomas Sudden Death Due to Cardiac Rhythm Disorders Sudden Death in Conduction System Disorders Sudden Death in Atrioventricular Conduction Block and Sick Sinus Syndrome CARDIAC ALTERATIONS IN SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (SIDS), Thomas Bajanowski and Berndt Brinkmann Definition Macroscopical Findings in SID at Autopsy Pathological Findings and Disturbances in the Heart Conclusions SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH AND CHANNELOPATHIES, Emanuela Turillazzi, Kathryn A. Glatter, and Margherita Neri Introduction The Forensic Approach Disorders of the Ion Channel Disorders of the Heart Muscle INTERPRETATION OF PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SUDDEN DEATH, Giorgio Baroldi Meaning of Pathological Findings in Sudden Death Review of Specific Conditions Adrenergic Stress and Related Morphopathology in Cardiology Coronary Heart Disease: Deficiences in Current Causal Hypotheses and Proposal for New Ones Conclusions CLINICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANATOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THE HEART, Antonio L''Abbate Parameters of Interest Available Techniques Cardiac Anatomy Coronary Anatomy Coronary Vascular Flow Myocardial Perfusion Ventricular Function Intracardiac Flows Myocardial Metabolism Myocardial Tissue Typing Electrical Alterations CARDIOVASCULAR TRAUMATIC INJURIES, Emanuela Turillazzi and Cristoforo.