Retrosternal Pain and Sudden Death

Synopsis

Deals with the general pathology of circulation. In this case a patient with suspected dyspepsia dies of myocardial infarction and cardiac tamponada. Discusses TB hilar node, haemopericardium, myocardial infarct (+histol), atheroma and thrombosis (+histol), pulmonary congestion (histol). Ends with a quiz.

Series

Videopathology Seminars, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min.

Year of production

1985-8

Availability

Sale

Notes

Reviewed in ‘Journal of Pathology’, Vol 154; pp195-7 (1988)
Reviewed in ‘Journal of Clinical Pathology’, Vol 41, p1248.

Documentation

Reference: ‘How do we teach pathology?: Postmortems by video’ by R B Goudie, P Harris and W Paterson.

Uses

Medical and dental undergraduates, undergraduate nurses.*

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

cardiovascular system; circulatory system; pathology; post-mortem examination

Credits

Director

R B Goudie

Distributor

Name

Department of Pathology

Address

Glasgow
G4 0SP