3. Risk Factors
Non Modifiable Modifiable Others
Genetic
abnormalities
Family history
Increasing age
Male gender
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Cigarette
smoking
Diabetes
Inflammation
Hyperhomocystenemia
Metabolic syndrome
Lipoprotein A
16. Key Events
Feature Time
Onset of ATP Depletion Seconds
Loss of Contractility <2 minutes
ATP reduced
50% of Normal
10% of Normal
10 minutes
40 minutes
Irreversible cell Injury 20 – 40 minutes
Microvascular Injury >1 hours
18. Gross – Myocardial Infarction
Histochemical Stain
with
triphenyltetrazolium
chloride
19. Morphology at 0 – ½ hour
• Reversible
• No gross changes
• No light microscopic changes
• Electron microscopy
• Relaxation of myofibrils
• Glycogen loss
• Mitochondrial swelling
20. Morphology ½ hr – 4 hrs
• No gross change
• Light microscopy
• Waviness of fibres at borders
• Electron microscopy
• Sarcolemmal disruption
• Mitochondrial amorphous densities
22. Morphology 12 – 24 hrs
• Gross
• Dark Mottling
• Light Microscopy
• Coagulative necrosis
• Marginal Contraction band necrosis
• Early neutrophilic infiltrate
23. Morphology 1 – 3 days
• Gross
• Mottling with yellow-tan infarct centre
• Light Microscopy
• Coagulative necrosis
• Interstitial infiltrate of Neutrophils
24. Morphology 3 – 7 days
• Gross
• Hyperemic border
• Central yellow – tan softening
• Light Microscopy
• Disintegration of dead myofibers
• Early phagocytosis of dead cells
25. Morphology 7 – 10 days
• Gross
• Yellow tan
• Soft
• Depressed red tan margins
• Light Microscopy
• Phagocytosis
• Granulation tissue formation
36. References
• Robbins and Cotran pathologic basic of disease
• Atlas of Forensic pathology, Peter M Cummins
• Autopsy pathology – A manual and atlas, Andrew J Connolly