Difference between revisions of "Sudden natural death"

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**[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] (DCM).
**[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] (DCM).
*[[Lymphocytic myocarditis]].  
*[[Lymphocytic myocarditis]].  
*Floppy mitral valve (MV).
*[[Floppy mitral valve]].
*[[Aortic valve stenosis]].
*[[Aortic valve stenosis]].
*Congenital cardiac abnormality.
*Congenital cardiac abnormality.

Revision as of 12:36, 7 May 2012

Sudden natural death happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).

By system

Respiratory[1]

Cerebral

Sudden cardiac death

Older

Younger

Notes:

  • The mechanism is usually arrhythmia; this is usually not provable at autopsy.

Detailed cardiac[1]

Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:[4]

  • CPVT.
  • Sodium channel disease.
  • Brugada syndrome.

By mechanism

Hemorrhagic[1]

  • Ruptured AAA.
  • Peptic ulcer.
  • Cerebral aneurysm.

See also

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 de la Grandmaison GL (January 2006). "Is there progress in the autopsy diagnosis of sudden unexpected death in adults?". Forensic Sci. Int. 156 (2-3): 138–44. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.024. PMID 16410164.
  2. MSP. 29 September 2010.
  3. URL: http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
  4. MSP. 29 September 2010: