Educational Case: Myocardial Infarction: Histopathology and Timing of Changes

Mariam Ghafoor; Maria Kamal; Urooba Nadeem; Aliya N Husain

doi:10.1177/2374289520976639

Educational Case: Myocardial Infarction: Histopathology and Timing of Changes

Acad Pathol. 2020 Dec 17:7:2374289520976639. doi: 10.1177/2374289520976639. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Mariam Ghafoor¹, Maria Kamal¹, Urooba Nadeem¹, Aliya N Husain¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: atherosclerosis in heart disease; cardiovascular-heart; histopathology; organ system pathology; pathology competencies; timing of changes.

Publication types

Case Reports