Sudden cardiac death: An autopsy study
Journal: IP Journal of diagnostic pathology and oncology/IP journal of diagnostic pathology and oncology/Journal of diagnostic pathology and oncology
Year: 2019

Introduction: The most common cause of sudden cardiac death is ischaemic. Such patients may have an occlusive recent thrombosis in one or more major coronary arteries. An area of stenosis of 85 per cent is the best discriminating level for increased mortality. Objective: To study the cardiac causes of sudden death. Materials and Methods: 200 medicolegal cases of sudden death requested for pathological examination of heart were studied. A careful study of the information given by the police and f