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A Case Study-Role of Heart Autopsy in Evaluating the Cause of Death


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1 Department of Pathology, G.G.S. Medical College & Hospital BFUHS, Faridkot , Punjab, India
2 Civil Hospital Jaito Punjab, India
3 Department of Pathology, G.G. S. Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
4 Department of Community Medicine, G.G.S. Medical College Faridkot, Punjab, India
     

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Histopathological examination of heart autopsies is routinely done in medicolegal cases to ascertain the cause of death. Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involves the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins). They remain the leading cause of deaths worldwide. It is also a major cause of disability. Heart autopsies are a great learning tool for clinicians, pathologists as well as forensic experts. The cardiac autopsies may have changed very little during the last 50 years , the pathologists role on cardiac team has changed dramatically . Present study was done between the period of 2009 - 2011 consisting of 50 cases highlighting the importance of heart autopsies to establish the cause and mode of death as well as a magnificent learning tool. Cardiomegaly was found to be the most common disease entity followed by myocardial infarction in the present study.

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Autopsy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiomegaly
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Authors

Sarita Nibhoria
Department of Pathology, G.G.S. Medical College & Hospital BFUHS, Faridkot , Punjab, India
Kanwardeep Kaur Jhajj
Department of Pathology, G.G.S. Medical College & Hospital BFUHS, Faridkot , Punjab, India
Varinder Kumar Nibhoria
Civil Hospital Jaito Punjab, India
Samarjit Kaur Sandhu
Department of Pathology, G.G. S. Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Navtej Singh Bamra
Department of Pathology, G.G. S. Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Preeti Padda
Department of Community Medicine, G.G.S. Medical College Faridkot, Punjab, India

Abstract


Histopathological examination of heart autopsies is routinely done in medicolegal cases to ascertain the cause of death. Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involves the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins). They remain the leading cause of deaths worldwide. It is also a major cause of disability. Heart autopsies are a great learning tool for clinicians, pathologists as well as forensic experts. The cardiac autopsies may have changed very little during the last 50 years , the pathologists role on cardiac team has changed dramatically . Present study was done between the period of 2009 - 2011 consisting of 50 cases highlighting the importance of heart autopsies to establish the cause and mode of death as well as a magnificent learning tool. Cardiomegaly was found to be the most common disease entity followed by myocardial infarction in the present study.

Keywords


Autopsy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiomegaly

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