Demonstrating the origin of cardiac air embolism using post-mortem computed tomography; an illustrated case

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Saunders, Sarah ^a   Kotecha, Deepjay ^b   Morgan, Bruno ^c   Raj, Vimal ^c   Rutty, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Cardiac; Forensic; Multi detector computed tomography; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEART; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79251644428     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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