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====Younger====
====Younger====
*[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]].
*[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]].
*[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]].
*[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]], e.g. [[hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy]] (HOCM).


Notes:
Notes:
*The mechanism is usually arrhythmia; this is usually not provable at autopsy.
*The mechanism is usually [[cardiac arrhythmia|arrhythmia]].
**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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*[[Cardiomyopathy]].
*[[Cardiomyopathy]].
**[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]].
**[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]].
**[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]] (ARVCM).
**[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]] (ARVC).
**[[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.
*Coronary artery dissection.  
*Coronary artery dissection.  
*[[Aortic dissection]].
*[[Aortic dissection]].
*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>  
*[[Cardic 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.  
**Brugada syndrome.  
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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==
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