Demographic, Clinical and Pathological Features of Sudden Deaths due to Myocarditis: results from a State-wide Population-Based Autopsy Study

Demographic, Clinical and Pathological Features of Sudden Deaths due to Myocarditis: results from a State-wide Population-Based Autopsy Study

Highlights • Sudden deaths from myocarditis are studied over a 10-year period. • Demographic, clinical and pathological features are analyzed. • The incidence of fatal myocarditis is 0.70% of autopsied sudden deaths. • In 17.5% cases, no significant myocyte necrosis is identified. • Determination of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Forensic science international 2017-03, Vol.272, p.81-86
Hauptverfasser: Li, Liliang, Zhang, Yang, Burke, Allen, Xue, Aimin, Zhao, Ziqin, Fowler, David, Shen, Yiwen, Li, Ling
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Atherosclerosis
Autopsies
Body mass index
Case studies
Certainty of diagnosis
Classification
Demographics
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Family medical history
Fatalities
Fibrosis
Forensic science
Forensic sciences
Gangrene
Infiltration
Murders & murder attempts
Myocarditis
Pathology
Patients
Population
Sudden deaths
Toxicology
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Sudden deaths from myocarditis are studied over a 10-year period. • Demographic, clinical and pathological features are analyzed. • The incidence of fatal myocarditis is 0.70% of autopsied sudden deaths. • In 17.5% cases, no significant myocyte necrosis is identified. • Determination of myocarditis as cause of death remains a challenge to pathologist
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.12.037