TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommendations for processing cardiovascular surgical pathology specimens: a consensus statement from the Standards and Definitions Committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology
AU - Stone, James R.
AU - Basso, Cristina
AU - Baandrup, Ulrik T.
AU - Bruneval, Patrick
AU - Butany, Jagdish
AU - Gallagher, Patrick J.
AU - Halushka, Marc K.
AU - Miller, Dylan V.
AU - Padera, Robert F.
AU - Radio, Stanley J.
AU - Sheppard, Mary N.
AU - Suvarna, Kim
AU - Tan, Carmela D.
AU - Thiene, Gaetano
AU - van der Wal, Allard C.
AU - Veinot, John P.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - With the advent of molecular subclassification of diseases, much consideration should be given to the proper processing of cardiovascular surgical pathology specimens to maximize patient care. Such specimens include endomyocardial biopsies, cardiac myectomy specimens, cardiac apical core segments, resected cardiac valves, pericardial biopsies, resected segments of aorta, cardiac tumors, vascular stents, vascular grafts, cardiac devices, resected veins, arterial biopsies including temporal artery biopsies and hearts removed during cardiac transplantation. In this report, the Standards and Definitions Committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology present consensus guidelines for the gross description, sectioning, processing, and staining of these specimens. This report is presented to aid pathologists, pathology assistants, and clinicians in maximizing the diagnostic utility of cardiovascular surgical pathology specimens for enhanced patient care
AB - With the advent of molecular subclassification of diseases, much consideration should be given to the proper processing of cardiovascular surgical pathology specimens to maximize patient care. Such specimens include endomyocardial biopsies, cardiac myectomy specimens, cardiac apical core segments, resected cardiac valves, pericardial biopsies, resected segments of aorta, cardiac tumors, vascular stents, vascular grafts, cardiac devices, resected veins, arterial biopsies including temporal artery biopsies and hearts removed during cardiac transplantation. In this report, the Standards and Definitions Committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology present consensus guidelines for the gross description, sectioning, processing, and staining of these specimens. This report is presented to aid pathologists, pathology assistants, and clinicians in maximizing the diagnostic utility of cardiovascular surgical pathology specimens for enhanced patient care
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2011.01.001
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2011.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 21353600
SN - 1054-8807
VL - 21
SP - 2
EP - 16
JO - Cardiovascular pathology
JF - Cardiovascular pathology
IS - 1
ER -