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*The mechanism is usually [[cardiac arrhythmia|arrhythmia]]. | *The mechanism is usually [[cardiac arrhythmia|arrhythmia]]. | ||
**Generally, this is usually not provable at [[autopsy]]; however, some findings have been proposed. | **Generally, this is usually not provable at [[autopsy]]; however, some findings have been proposed.<ref name=pmid15837088>{{Cite journal | last1 = Baroldi | first1 = G. | last2 = Silver | first2 = MD. | last3 = Parolini | first3 = M. | last4 = Pomara | first4 = C. | last5 = Turillazzi | first5 = E. | last6 = Fineschi | first6 = V. | title = Myofiberbreak-up: a marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death. | journal = Int J Cardiol | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = 435-41 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.007 | PMID = 15837088 }}</ref> | ||
====Detailed cardiac<ref name=pmid16410164/>==== | ====Detailed cardiac<ref name=pmid16410164/>==== | ||
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**Sodium channel disease. | **Sodium channel disease. | ||
**Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. | **Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. | ||
*Tumours. | |||
**[[Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular nodal region]]. | |||
Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010:</ref> | Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010:</ref> | ||
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*Ruptured AAA. | *Ruptured AAA. | ||
*Peptic ulcer. | *Peptic ulcer. | ||
*Cerebral aneurysm. | *[[Cerebral aneurysm]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||