Sudden cardiac death with normal heart: molecular autopsy.

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2010.02.003

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Sudden cardiac death with normal heart: molecular autopsy.

Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000

Basso Cristina, Carturan Elisa, Pilichou Kalliopi, Rizzo Stefania, Corrado Domenico, Thiene Gaetano

Abstract excerpt

Several culprits may be identified at postmortem in sudden death (SD) victims, including coronary artery, myocardial, valve, conduction system, and congenital heart diseases. However, particularly in young people, the heart can be found grossly and histologically normal in a not-so-minor amount of cases (the so-called unexplained SD or "mors sine materia") and inherited ion channel diseases are implicated (long...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Autopsy
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Testing
Humans
Infant
Ion Channels
Mutation
Myocardium
Risk Factors
Young Adult

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PMID: 20381381
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.02.003

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