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**[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]] (ARVCM). | **[[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]] (ARVCM). | ||
**[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] (DCM). | **[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] (DCM). | ||
*Lymphocytic myocarditis. | *[[Lymphocytic myocarditis]]. | ||
*Floppy mitral valve (MV). | *Floppy mitral valve (MV). | ||
*Aortic valve stenosis. | *[[Aortic valve stenosis]]. | ||
*Congenital cardiac abnormality. | *Congenital cardiac abnormality. | ||
*Coronary artery dissection. | *Coronary artery dissection. | ||
*Aortic dissection. | *[[Aortic dissection]]. | ||
*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> | *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. | **Long QT syndrome. | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 29 January 2012
Sudden natural death happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).
By system
Respiratory[1]
Cerebral
- SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).
Cardiac
Older
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD); AKA coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Hypertensive heart disease - a heart > ~400 g is considered good enough if nothing else is present.[2]
Younger
Notes:
- The mechanism is usually arrhythmia; this is usually not provable at autopsy.
Detailed cardiac[1]
- ASHD.
- Cardiomyopathy.
- Lymphocytic myocarditis.
- Floppy mitral valve (MV).
- Aortic valve stenosis.
- Congenital cardiac abnormality.
- Coronary artery dissection.
- Aortic dissection.
- Arrhythmia.[3]
- 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:[4]
- CPVT.
- Sodium channel disease.
- Brugada syndrome.
By mechanism
Hemorrhagic[1]
- Ruptured AAA.
- Peptic ulcer.
- Cerebral aneurysm.
See also
Reference
- ↑ Jump up to: 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.
- ↑ MSP. 29 September 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
- ↑ MSP. 29 September 2010: