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|[[Electrocution]] | | [[Electrocution]] | ||
|accident | | accident | ||
|cardiac arrhythmia | | cardiac arrhythmia | ||
|man struck by lightening | | man struck by lightening | ||
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|Hyperthermia | | Hyperthermia | ||
|accident | | accident | ||
|arrhythmias, seizures<ref name=fmuk>URL: [http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/ http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/]. Accessed on: 19 April 2012.</ref> | | arrhythmias, seizures<ref name=fmuk>URL: [http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/ http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/]. Accessed on: 19 April 2012.</ref> | ||
|man lost on hiking trip in desert | | man lost on hiking trip in desert | ||
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|[[Epidural hemorrhage]] due to [[blunt force trauma]] to the head | | [[Epidural hemorrhage]] due to [[blunt force trauma]] to the head | ||
|homicide | | homicide | ||
|brain stem compression or cerebral vascular spasm leading to autonomic dysregulation | | brain stem compression or cerebral vascular spasm leading to autonomic dysregulation | ||
|man hit with a hammer in the head | | man hit with a hammer in the head | ||
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|[[Carbon monoxide toxicity]] | | [[Carbon monoxide toxicity]] | ||
|suicide | | suicide | ||
|cerebral hypoxia (CO binds to hemoglobin impairing oxygen transport) | | cerebral hypoxia (CO binds to hemoglobin impairing oxygen transport) | ||
|woman found in car with suicide note, long history of depression, previous suicide attempts | | woman found in car with suicide note, long history of depression, previous suicide attempts | ||
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|[[Atherosclerotic heart disease]] | | [[Atherosclerotic heart disease]] | ||
|natural | | natural | ||
|cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemia | | cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemia | ||
|man found dead in bed, apartment locked, 95% stenosis of LMCA at autopsy, no other significant autopsy findings | | man found dead in bed, apartment locked, 95% stenosis of LMCA at autopsy, no other significant autopsy findings | ||
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| [[Peritonitis]] due to duodenal perforation as a consequence of [[peptic ulcer disease]] | |||
| natural | |||
| cerebral hypoxia secondary to hypotension | |||
| man found in locked apartment, complained of abdominal pain before dead | |||
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| Coronary artery stent thrombosis complicating the treatment of a [[myocardial infarction]] due to atherosclerotic heart disease | |||
| natural | |||
| cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemia | |||
| woman found dead following hospital stay for a myocardial infarction, post-angioplasty and coronary stenting --> | |||
|Coronary artery stent thrombosis complicating the treatment of a [[myocardial infarction]] due to atherosclerotic heart disease | |||
|natural | |||
|cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemia | |||
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