Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Interrogation at Forensic Autopsy: An Underestimated Resource?

Circulation

Volumn 137, Issue 25, 2018, Pages 2730-2740

  Lacour, Philipp ^a   Buschmann, Claas ^a   Storm, Christian ^b   Nee, Jens ^b   Parwani, Abdul Shokor ^a   Huemer, Martin ^a   Attanasio, Philipp ^a   Boldt, Leif Hendrik ^a   Rauch, Geraldine ^a   Kucher, Andreas ^c   Pieske, Burkert ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Blaschke, Florian ^a  

^a BERLIN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Biotronik   (Germany)

Author keywords

autopsy; death, sudden, cardiac; defibrillator, implantable; pacemaker, artificial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF DEATH; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMANY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85055747624     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032367     Document Type: Article

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