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Molecular autopsy in sudden cardiac death
6 Feb 2023
Abstract excerpt
A post-mortem genetic analysis in the process of investigating a sudden death episode is known as 'molecular autopsy'. It is usually performed in cases without a conclusive cause of death and after a comprehensive medico-legal autopsy. In these sudden unexplained death cases, an underlying inherited arrhythmogenic cardiac disease is the main suspected cause of death. The objective is to unravel a genetic...
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