Cardiovascular Pathology

• Layers of muscular artery

  Tunica intima (endothelium)

  Tunica media (smooth muscle)

  Tunica adventitia
• What is shown in the image?

  Atherosclerosis

  
• What is the make up of fibrous plaque of atherosclerosis?

  Smooth muscle

  Collagen
• What are the layers of the pericardium?

  Fibrous

  Serous

  Viscerous
• What is the gold standard diagnosis for myocarditis?

  Endomyocardial biopsy
• What is non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis?

  Deposition of small sterile thrombi on leaflets of cardiac walls

  Seen in debilitated patients