Article
The role of molecular autopsy in unexplained sudden cardiac death.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 May 2006
Tester David J, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most common causes of death, with many attributable to cardiac/coronary abnormalities evident at autopsy. A significant number of SCDs, however, particularly in young people, remain unexplained following a medico-legal investigation, including autopsy, and are referred to as autopsy-negative sudden unexplained death (SUD). Due to molecular advances,...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Autopsy
- Cause of Death
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Forensic Pathology
- Heart Conduction System
- Humans
- Infant