Myocardial Contrast Defect Associated with Thrombotic Coronary Occlusion: Pre-Autopsy Diagnosis of a Cardiac Death with Post-Mortem CT Angiography
Korean Journal of Radiology
; : 1024-1028, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
We report the case of a female who died of suspected acute myocardial infarction. Post-mortem CT angiography (PMCTA) was performed with intravascular contrast infusion before the standard autopsy, and it successfully demonstrated the complete thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery and also a corresponding perfusion defect on myocardium. We herein describe the PMCTA findings of a cardiac death with special emphasis on the potential benefits of this novel CT technique in forensic practice.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Autopsy
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Thrombosis
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Coronary Vessels
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Coronary Occlusion
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Myocardial Infarction
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Myocardium
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article