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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2018, Volume : 12, Issue : 4
First page : ( 110) Last page : ( 112)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2018.00205.0

Atherosclerosis in coronaries in sudden unexplained deaths in Madurai region of South Tamil Nadu

Saravanan1, Selvaraj T2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu

2Professor & Hod, Department of Forensic Medicine, Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu

Online published on 13 December, 2018.

Abstract

The study involves the gross and microscopic examination of coronary arteries of 200 cases of sudden deaths in all age groups brought to mortuary of Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai for post mortem from Madurai region of South Tamil Nadu. The study was carried out to find the prevalence, pattern, frequency and severity of atherosclerotic changes in coronary arteries in sudden death cases. The study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Department of Pathology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai for a period of 3 years from January 2013 to December 2015.

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Keywords

Left coronary artery, atheroma, sudden unexplained deaths.

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