PATTERN OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY LESIONS SEEN IN AN AUTOPSY SERIES OF SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATHS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 38
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases continue to be the most common generic cause of sudden and unexpected death. Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction are the most prevalent forms of fatal cardiac disease observed at autopsy. Other cardiac lesions and pulmonary lesions are frequently listed as a cause of death, but the prevalence of such lesions as the cause of death and incidental findings in the general population is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS Observational study of 500 forensic autopsies which were evaluated for cardiovascular and pulmonary pathologies. RESULTS The most frequently observed major finding was coronary artery disease. Of the 500 cases, cardiac disease was noted in 143 cases, pulmonary disease was in 79 cases and other vascular disease in 5 cases. Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases constitute the major proportion of mortality in unexpected deaths. CONCLUSION The pattern of mortality shown in this study provides a fair idea of the burden of cardiovascular and pulmonary pathologies in Thrissur district of Kerala, although it is not a population-based data. Cardiovascular and pulmonary pathologies constitute the major share of mortality in unexpected deaths.
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Jini Lonappan Valooran, Togy Thomas Zacharias, Joy Augastine, Anand T. P, Rajendra Prasad
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