Study of Histomorphological Findings in Deaths due to Heart Diseases: An Autopsy Based study

Authors

  • A Narayan Associate Professor, Dept of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Cardiac disease, Histopathology & Morphological findings, Sudden cardiac death, Cardio-vascular diseases

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases remain the biggest cause of death worldwide. More people die annually from cardiovascular diseases then from  any other diseases. Autopsies have been diagnostic tool to establish the cause of death & the missed diagnosis, if any, in instances where  there have been no clinically identified heart problems. 1 The current study is aimed to establish the morphological & histopathological changes in heart, coronaries & aorta which have contributed  to cause of death & also sources as a database for frequency of heart diseases found at autopsy. 

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Published

2023-12-05

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 1 (2023): Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine (Jan-Mar) 2023

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Study of Histomorphological Findings in Deaths due to Heart Diseases: An Autopsy Based study . (2023). Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine, 45(1), 17–18. https://doi.org/10.48165/