Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Deaths of Adults Examined at a Tertiary Level Police Morgue of West Bengal Hembram Partha Sarathi1,*, Chowdhury Suman Kumar2, Mukhopadhayay Partha Pratim3, Dutta Soma4 1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, WB 2Medical Officer (Medico-Legal), Dept of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal, Swasthya Bhavan, Kolkata 3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, WB 4Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, WB *Corresponding Author: Dr. Partha Sarathi, Hembram MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, Dist Purba Bardhaman, Wb, 713104 Phone: 9433118390, Email: Dr.parthafsm@Gmail.com
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract Cardio-vascular disease (CVD) is now the most common cause of death worldwide. Sudden death (SD) is mainly defined as rapid, unexpected & natural death. This investigation was designed to examine the relationship of parameters like weight of the heart (in sudden cardiac death), histopathological examinations of the heart, brain, kidney and liver to generate epidemiological data of sudden death in a semi-urban setting. Cardiac enlargement or hypertrophy is itself a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Structurally normal heart has also been found in a proportion of sudden deaths in the present series. Top Keywords sudden death, cardiac cause, hypertrophy, autopsy, risk factors. Top |