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 Most general differential diagnosis:
 *Natural:
+**Haemorrhage (e.g. cerebral bleed, gastrointestinal bleed, aortic aneurysm).
 **Infection (e.g. pneumonia).
-**Infarction (i.e. myocardial infarction); ''arrhythmias'' are more common in the forensic context, as individuals with MIs don't usu. drop dead-- they go to the ER.
+**Coronary atherosclerosis (cardiac arrhythmias - more common in the forensic context than myocardial infarction (MI); individuals with MIs don't usu. drop dead-- they go to the ER).
-**Haemorrhage (e.g. cerebral, GI).
+***Post myocardial infarction (free wall rupture).
+***Ruptured plaque.
 *Toxic (memory device: ''PAIRO''):
 **Poisons.