CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM DISEASES

Coronary_Venous_System_Diseases

CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM PATHOLOGIES

Özden Yülek

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Çanakkale, Türkiye

Yülek Ö. Coronary Venous System Pathologies. In: Altay S, Akşit E, Kemaloğlu Öz T editor. Coronary Venous System Diseases. 1st ed. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2025. p.21-25.

ABSTRACT

Coronary venous pathologies are a rare and underrecognized group of conditions that may arise in isolation or as a component of systemic disease. Unlike coronary arteries, veins lack muscular media and are less prone to primary atherosclerotic changes, but they are vulnerable to iatrogenic injury, inflammation, thrombosis, and infiltration by systemic diseases or neoplasms. This chapter reviews the pathological spectrum of coronary venous involvement, including thrombotic lesions, vasculitis, granulomatous inflammation, tumor infiltration, and amyloid deposition. Although often incidental or secondary findings, these pathologies can contribute to myocardial dysfunction, arrhythmias, and graft rejection. Greater awareness and standardized reporting of coronary venous lesions in pathology practice may enhance diagnostic accuracy and improve understanding of their clinical significance.

Keywords: Coronary veins; Pathology

Referanslar

  1. Rosai J. Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. 11th ed. Elsevier. 2018.
  2. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 10th ed. Elsevier. 2020.
  3. Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Tomaselli GF. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 12th ed. Elsevier. 2021.
  4. Sheppard MN. Practical Cardiovascular Pathology. 2nd ed. CRC Press. 2011. [Crossref]
  5. Jennette JC, Olson JL, Silva FG, D'Agati VD. Heptinstall's Pathology of the Kidney. 7th ed. Wolters Kluwer. 2014.
  6. Yazici H, Seyahi E, Hatemi G, Yazici Y. Behçet's syndrome. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Gabriel SE, McInnes IB, O'Dell JR, eds. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. 9th ed. Elsevier; 2010:1497-1503.
  7. Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Bacon PA, et al. 2012 revised Inter Yülek Coronary Venous System Pathologies national Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(1):1-11. [Crossref]  [PubMed]
  8. Birnie DH, Nery PB, Ha AC, Beanlands RS. Cardiac sarcoidosis. Heart. 2016;102(23):1840-1847.
  9. World Health Organization. WHO Classification of Cardiovascular Diseases. WHO. 2022.
  10. WHO Classification of Tumours Editorial Board. WHO Classification of Tumours: Thoracic Tumours. 5th ed. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2021.
  11. Maleszewski JJ. Cardiac tumors: pathology and pathogenesis. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2020;48:107221.
  12. Dorbala S, Vangala D, Bruyere J, et al. Coronary microvascular dysfunction is related to abnormalities in myocardial structure and function in cardiac amyloidosis. J Am Coll Cardiol Heart Fail. 2014;2(4):358?367. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC]