Sudden death after chest pain: Feasibility of virtual autopsy with postmortem CT angiography and biopsy

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-259

  Ross, Steffen G ^a,d   Thali, Michael J ^b   Bolliger, Stephan ^a   Germerott, Tanja ^a   Ruder, Thomas D ^b   Flach, Patricia M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; STANDARD; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; VIRTUAL AUTOPSY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST PAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862705489     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12092415     Document Type: Article

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