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Post-Mortem Imaging Adjudicated Sudden Death: Causes and Controversies.
Femia, Giuseppe; Semsarian, Christopher; Langlois, Neil; McGuire, Mark; Raleigh, James; Taylor, Andrew; Puranik, Rajesh.
Afiliação
  • Femia G; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: femia82@gmail.com.
  • Semsarian C; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology, Centenary Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Langlois N; School of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Adelaide, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
  • McGuire M; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Raleigh J; Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Taylor A; UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, UK; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Puranik R; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Heart Lung Circ ; 28(1): 15-21, 2019 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30340963
ABSTRACT
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a catastrophic complication of many cardiac conditions often occurring without warning. In these cases, a post-mortem examination is required to elucidate the cause of death and is regarded as the 'gold standard'. However, in circumstances of certain religious/cultural beliefs and advanced body decomposition an alternative non-invasive approach would be preferred. Although a developing field, post-mortem imaging using computed tomography (pmCT) or magnetic resonance imaging (pmMR) provides a non-invasive and accurate alternative to traditional post-mortem in specific circumstances. In particular, pmMR has an important role in younger decedents while pmCT is more suited to examination of adults with SCD. Despite encouraging results from several preliminary studies, more research is needed to determine the most appropriate role for post-mortem imaging in the clinical algorhythm for investigation of SCD.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Diagnóstico por Imagem / Doenças Cardiovasculares / Morte Súbita Cardíaca Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Diagnóstico por Imagem / Doenças Cardiovasculares / Morte Súbita Cardíaca Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article