Butany J, Collins M J
Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto Medical Laboratories, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
J Clin Pathol. 2005 Feb;58(2):113-24. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.020271.
Pathologists all over the world increasingly encounter prosthetic cardiac devices. A good evaluation of these devices is a valuable source of information, which can contribute to patient care and the appreciation and understanding of the pathobiology involved in the changes occurring between the host and the implanted prosthetic device. This article summarises the considerations underlying the analysis of prosthetic devices (particularly prosthetic heart valves), including the identification of the devices, the major morphological features of the devices, their modes of failure, and some technical details about evaluation and pitfalls.
世界各地的病理学家越来越多地接触到人工心脏装置。对这些装置进行良好的评估是一个宝贵的信息来源,有助于患者护理,也有助于认识和理解宿主与植入的人工装置之间发生变化所涉及的病理生物学。本文总结了人工装置(特别是人工心脏瓣膜)分析的基本要点,包括装置的识别、装置的主要形态特征、其失效模式以及一些关于评估和陷阱的技术细节。