Pathology of Heart Disease in the Fetus, Infant and Child Autopsy, Surgical and Molecular Pathology

"There are many books that deal with the pathology of congenital heart disease. Many books treat the pathology of non-congenital heart disease, but few from a paediatric perspective. I have read many of them and used them extensively over the years, but there is no single source where one can turn faced with problems in the interpretation of the pathology of heart disease in the fetus and child. This book is an attempt to address this and to offer, primarily to the practicing pathologist, a guide to the pathology of these disorders. There has been an explosion of knowledge about heart disease since I began medical practice. Newer imaging methods have revolutionized its understanding. The pathology that I practised as a young consultant is no longer practicable. Soon, I suspect, most investigation of congenital heart disease, in death as in life, will be by means of imaging. The traditional cardiac pathologist will no longer practise in the fashion they once did. We belong to a profession whose horizons are changing, but before they do I wish to make available the wealth of cases that I have seen over the years and the likes of which may not be seen in quite the same way again, but which still are valuable in understanding childhood heart disease"--Provided by publisher.