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'''Natural death''' happens.  It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).
'''Sudden natural death''' happens.  It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).


==By system==
==By system==
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*Coronary artery dissection.  
*Coronary artery dissection.  
*Aortic dissection.
*Aortic dissection.
*Arrhythmia.  
*Arrhythmia.<ref>URL: [http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm]. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.</ref>
**Long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, short QT syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic VT, anomalous conduction pathways, dysplasia of nodal arteries, atrioventricular node tumour.
**Long QT syndrome.
**Brugada syndrome.
**Short QT syndrome.
**Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
**Anomalous conduction pathways.
**Dysplasia of nodal arteries.
**Atrioventricular node tumour.
**Sodium channel disease.
**Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation.
 
Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010:</ref>
*CPVT.
*Sodium channel disease.
*Brugada syndrome.


==By mechanism==
==By mechanism==

Revision as of 01:44, 30 September 2010

Sudden natural death happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).

By system

Respiratory[1]

  • Anaphylaxis.
  • Asthma.
  • Pulmonary embolism.

Cerebral

  • SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).

Cardiac

  • Atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD); AKA coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • Right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
  • Arrhythmia.

Detailed cardiac[1]

  • CAD, hypertrophic CM.
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
  • Lymphocytic myocarditis.
  • Floppy mitral valve (MV).
  • Aortic valve stenosis.
  • Congenital cardiac abnormality.
  • Coronary artery dissection.
  • Aortic dissection.
  • Arrhythmia.[2]
    • Long QT syndrome.
    • Brugada syndrome.
    • Short QT syndrome.
    • Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
    • Anomalous conduction pathways.
    • Dysplasia of nodal arteries.
    • Atrioventricular node tumour.
    • Sodium channel disease.
    • Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation.

Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:[3]

  • CPVT.
  • Sodium channel disease.
  • Brugada syndrome.

By mechanism

Hemorrhagic[1]

  • Ruptured AAA.
  • Peptic ulcer.
  • Cerebral aneurysm.

See also

Reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 de la Grandmaison GL (January 2006). "Is there progress in the autopsy diagnosis of sudden unexpected death in adults?". Forensic Sci. Int. 156 (2-3): 138–44. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.024. PMID 16410164.
  2. ↑ URL: http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
  3. ↑ MSP. 29 September 2010:
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