학술논문
Sudden Death Due to Aortic Coarctation
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Source
Acta Cardiologica Sinica. Jun 01, 2011 27(2):120-123
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1011-6842
Abstract
Aortic coarctation (CoA) is one of the most frequent and severe congenital heart diseases. If it is diagnosed and treated in time, which rarely leads to sudden cardiac death. In recent years a few new cases were reported by forensic pathologists reviving the interest of this community about this disease. We present in this paper a 25-year-old male of sudden cardiac death caused by coarctation of the aorta and discuss some morphological characteristics useful in diagnosing this condition during the autopsy.