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''' | '''Sudden natural death''' happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental). | ||
==By system== | ==By system== | ||
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*Coronary artery dissection. | *Coronary artery dissection. | ||
*Aortic dissection. | *Aortic dissection. | ||
*Arrhythmia. | *Arrhythmia.<ref>URL: [http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm]. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.</ref> | ||
**Long QT syndrome | **Long QT syndrome. | ||
**Brugada syndrome. | |||
**Short QT syndrome. | |||
**Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). | |||
**Anomalous conduction pathways. | |||
**Dysplasia of nodal arteries. | |||
**Atrioventricular node tumour. | |||
**Sodium channel disease. | |||
**Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. | |||
Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010:</ref> | |||
*CPVT. | |||
*Sodium channel disease. | |||
*Brugada syndrome. | |||
==By mechanism== | ==By mechanism== | ||