ch. 1. Autopsy cardiac examination -- ch. 2. The coronary arteries : atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease -- ch. 3. Valve disease -- ch. 4. Infective endocarditis -- ch. 5. Cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and cardiomyopathy -- ch. 6. Myocarditis -- ch. 7. Cardiac tumours -- ch. 8. Diseases of the aorta -- ch. 9. Deaths following cardiac surgery and invasive interventions -- ch. 10. Investigation of sudden cardiac death.