Minimally invasive autopsy employing post-mortem CT and targeted coronary angiography: Evaluation of its application to a routine Coronial service

Histopathology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-217

  Roberts, Ian S D ^a   Traill, Zoe C ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Autopsy; Coroner; CT scan; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONER; DEMENTIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HANGING; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KETOACIDOSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CORONER; CT SCAN; POST MORTEM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890152524     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12271     Document Type: Article

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