Post-Mortem Echocardiography as a Guide to Cardiac Autopsy—A Worthwhile Concept?

Sudden and unexpected death in the young is a common and worldwide problem. Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), clinically unexpected death in an infant between one week and one year of age, affects around 1 in 1000 infants. Autopsy will reveal a specific cause of death in only one third of...

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Autores principales: Ker, J., Toit-Prinsloo, L. Du, Van Heerden, WFP., Saayman, G
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20859531
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author Ker, J.
Toit-Prinsloo, L. Du
Van Heerden, WFP.
Saayman, G
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Van Heerden, WFP.
Saayman, G
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description Sudden and unexpected death in the young is a common and worldwide problem. Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), clinically unexpected death in an infant between one week and one year of age, affects around 1 in 1000 infants. Autopsy will reveal a specific cause of death in only one third of cases. This has led to various ancillary examinations in an effort to increase the diagnostic yield of the autopsy. In this case report it is suggested that another diagnostic modality, that of the post-mortem echocardiogram might be a worthwhile concept to explore.
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spelling pubmed-29411382010-09-21 Post-Mortem Echocardiography as a Guide to Cardiac Autopsy—A Worthwhile Concept? Ker, J. Toit-Prinsloo, L. Du Van Heerden, WFP. Saayman, G Clin Med Insights Cardiol Case Report Sudden and unexpected death in the young is a common and worldwide problem. Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), clinically unexpected death in an infant between one week and one year of age, affects around 1 in 1000 infants. Autopsy will reveal a specific cause of death in only one third of cases. This has led to various ancillary examinations in an effort to increase the diagnostic yield of the autopsy. In this case report it is suggested that another diagnostic modality, that of the post-mortem echocardiogram might be a worthwhile concept to explore. Libertas Academica 2010-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2941138/ /pubmed/20859531 Text en © 2010 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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Post-Mortem Echocardiography as a Guide to Cardiac Autopsy—A Worthwhile Concept?
title Post-Mortem Echocardiography as a Guide to Cardiac Autopsy—A Worthwhile Concept?
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title_short Post-Mortem Echocardiography as a Guide to Cardiac Autopsy—A Worthwhile Concept?
title_sort post-mortem echocardiography as a guide to cardiac autopsy—a worthwhile concept?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20859531
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