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'''Cardiac arrhythmias''' are a [[mechanism of death|mechanism]] associated with [[sudden natural death]]. | '''Cardiac arrhythmias''' are a [[mechanism of death|mechanism]] associated with [[sudden natural death]]. | ||
==Associations== | ==General== | ||
===Associations=== | |||
*[[Myocardial infarction]].<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_293>{{Ref PCPBoD8|293}}</ref> | *[[Myocardial infarction]].<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_293>{{Ref PCPBoD8|293}}</ref> | ||
*[[Hypertensive heart disease]].<ref name=pmid15860963>{{cite journal |author=Prisant LM |title=Hypertensive heart disease |journal=J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=231–8 |year=2005 |month=April |pmid=15860963 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *[[Hypertensive heart disease]].<ref name=pmid15860963>{{cite journal |author=Prisant LM |title=Hypertensive heart disease |journal=J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=231–8 |year=2005 |month=April |pmid=15860963 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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*[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]]. | *[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]]. | ||
===Non-cardiac=== | ====Non-cardiac==== | ||
*[[Electrocution]]. | *[[Electrocution]]. | ||
*Hyperthermia. | *Hyperthermia. | ||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<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> | |||
*Myofiber break-up - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Fractures of the sarcomeres perpendicular to the long axis. | |||
**Associated with square nuclei. | |||
==References== | ==References== |