Pathology of the Cardiomyopathies

In this era of easy jet travel, as this text emphasizes, one's next heart patient may suffer from Chargas cardiomyopathy, scorpion venom cardiomyopathy, orArgemone mexicanapoisoning! With the fuel shortage, hypothermia may soon contribute to some heart disease in elderly patients living in poorly heated hovels. In some patients, immunosuppressive drugs, emetine, daunorubicin, lithium carbonate, or other agents may induce cardiomyopathy. The nature, history, and classification of the primary cardiomyopathies and the well-known secondary cardiomyopathies caused by alcohol, drugs, bacterial, viral, parasitic diseases and infestation are detailed in this book. Part 1 discusses primary cardiomyopathies; part 2, secondary cardiomyopathies in humans and animals. An excellent three-page differential classification of cardiomyopathies at the beginning and complete author and subject indices at the end are special features. The photographs are excellent. The chapter on spontaneous and acquired cardiomyopathies in wild and domestic animals is valuable to veterinarians and offers interesting opportunities