Clinical History:
54 year-old male with history of non-ischemic
cardiomyopathy; he received a heart allograft 5 years
ago. He had sudden death with no previous evidence of
cardiac insufficiency.
Histology: H&E
staining (Figures B - E) show histological images of sections of
coronary arteries showing Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy of a heart
transplant recipient at different magnifications. Coronary arteries show
marked concentric intimal thickening.
Figure D is a higher magnification image of a
section of Figure C showing the
presence of foamy macrophages.
Gross
: Gross
appearance of coronary artery at autopsy (Figure A).
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