2011
DOI: 10.23907/2011.023
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What is Sudden Cardiac Death?

Abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rapid, unexpected death due to cardiac causes. The differential diagnosis includes diseases from all four structural divisions of the heart: the blood vessels, myocardium, valves, and conduction system. Although ischemic heart disease is a common cause of SCD, acute myocardial infarcts and/or coronary thromboses are not always detected and are not required to make the diagnosis of death due to atherosclerotic coronary disease. Some people die suddenly from heart disease with a g… Show more

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“…However, sudden cardiac death is more difficult to establish in an ME population due to the lack of gross and histologic findings that definitively prove sudden cardiac death. Often, autopsy only detects significant coronary artery disease or cardiomegaly related to hypertension or some cardiomyopathy, which are well-known conditions that predispose an individual to a fatal dysrhythmia (20). However, it is also well-known that cardiovascular disease including severe coronary artery disease, hypertension, and other causes of cardiomyopathy are ubiquitous in the living population, and why or when some individuals sustain a fatal dysrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease and other individuals do not is often unclear (21).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, sudden cardiac death is more difficult to establish in an ME population due to the lack of gross and histologic findings that definitively prove sudden cardiac death. Often, autopsy only detects significant coronary artery disease or cardiomegaly related to hypertension or some cardiomyopathy, which are well-known conditions that predispose an individual to a fatal dysrhythmia (20). However, it is also well-known that cardiovascular disease including severe coronary artery disease, hypertension, and other causes of cardiomyopathy are ubiquitous in the living population, and why or when some individuals sustain a fatal dysrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease and other individuals do not is often unclear (21).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, postmortem metabolic screening tests can yield unreliable results because of both postmortem interval and the nature of the specimens selected for study (14). Molecular analysis of postmortem blood or frozen tissue samples (e.g., heart, liver, or spleen) has been shown to be beneficial in the identification of cardiac channelopathies in an otherwise negative autopsy (12,13,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). Ultimately, the forensic pathologist will need to consider all of the available data, including the results of the evolving (progressing) autopsy, and the reliability of the results, as they choose whether or not to pursue specialized laboratory testing.…”
Section: Invited Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Adli Tıp Uzmanları Derneği'nin 2007 yılında yayınladığı Adli Tıp Hizmet Modeli ve İnsan Gücü Planlamasında adli tıp eğitiminde standardizasyonun önemi vurgulanmaktadır (13). Ani kardiyak ölümlerin adli tıp uzmanları tarafından incelenen ölümler arasında büyük yer kapladığı, bu nedenle bu ölümlerin tanınması ve sertifikalandırılmasında çok önemli olduğu, ani kardiyak ölüm olgularında, otopsi sırasında ve sonrasında kardiak patolojilerin ortaya konulmasında yetkin uzmanların görev almasının gerektiği belirtilmektedir (1,3,9). Katılımcıların geri bildirimlerinde, bu eğitim sonrasında ani kardiyak ölüm tanısı ve kalp diseksiyonu becerisi hakkında kendilerini geliştirdikleri, bilgi düzeylerinin arttığı ve bu tarz eğitimlere olan ihtiyaçlarını dile getirdikleri anlaşılmıştır.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Ancak, görgü tanığı olmayan, uyku sırasında gerçekleşen ölümler veya ölüm zamanı bilinmeyen buluntu cesetler gibi otopsi yapılması gereken durumlar için tatmin edici bir tanımlama değildir. Bu nedenle ölümden 24 saat öncesine kadar sağlıklı olduğu bilinen bir kişinin ölmesi de ani kardiyak ölüm tanımlamasına eklenmiştir (1)(2)(3)(4).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified