Journal of Forensic Medicine 2017;33(5):457-469

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.05.002

Research Progress of Sudden Cardiac Death in Forensic Medicine

Da ZHENG 1 ; Kun YIN ; jing Jing ZHENG ; Nan ZHOU ; Yang LIU ; Xiang FU ; ding Jian CHENG

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Keywords

forensic pathology; death,sudden,cardiac; review; epidemiology; morphology; virtopsy; molecular pathology

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Sudden death (SD) is a special kind of death owing to disease,which severely threatening the lives of community population.As the most common type of SD,sudden cardiac death (SCD) has always been a crucial content of identification and research in forensic pathology.This article reviews the research progress from the aspects of epidemiology,morphology,molecular pathology and virtual anatomy of SCD in forensic medicine,so as to provide a reference for the morphological identification,determination of cause of death,and integrated control of this kind of SD.