Usefulness of coronary postmortem computed tomography angiography to detect lesions in the coronary artery and myocardium in cases of sudden death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue , 2018, Pages 46-51

  Takei, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sano, Rie ^c   Takahashi, Yoichiro ^c,d   Takahashi, Keiko ^c   Kominato, Yoshihiko ^c   Tokue, Hiroyuki ^e   Shimada, Takehiro ^e   Awata, Sachiko ^e   Hirasawa, Satoshi ^e   Ohta, Naoya ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary postmortem computed tomography angiography; Forensic autopsy; Postmortem imaging; Sudden and unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034626840     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2017.11.005     Document Type: Article

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