chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Functional Anatomy of the Heart -- chapter 3 Heart Examination -- chapter 4 Basic Pathophysiological Changes -- chapter 5 Specific Heart Diseases and Sudden Death -- chapter 6 Endocardial Lesions and Sudden Death -- chapter 7 Sudden Cardiac Death in Infants and Children -- chapter 8 Cardiac Alterations in Sudden Infant Death (SID) -- chapter 9 Sudden Cardiac Death and Channelopathies -- chapter 10 Interpretation of Pathological Changes in Sudden Death -- chapter 11 Clinical Techniques for Anatomical and Functional Evaluation of the Heart -- chapter 12 Cardiovascular Traumatic Injuries -- chapter 13 Cardiac Surgery and Forensic Medicine -- chapter 14 Drugs of Abuse and Pathology of the Heart.