The Lancet Commission to reduce the global burden of sudden cardiac death: a call for multidisciplinary action

E Marijon, K Narayanan, K Smith, S Barra, C Basso… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite major advancements in cardiovascular medicine, sudden cardiac death (SCD)
continues to be an enormous medical and societal challenge, claiming millions of lives …

Sudden cardiac death in the young: the molecular autopsy and a practical approach to surviving relatives

C Semsarian, J Ingles, AAM Wilde - European heart journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The sudden death of a young, apparently fit and healthy person is amongst the most
challenging scenarios in clinical medicine. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a devastating …

Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death: 2017 update from the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology

C Basso, B Aguilera, J Banner, S Cohle, G d'Amati… - Virchows Archiv, 2017 - Springer
Although sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most important modes of death in
Western countries, pathologists and public health physicians have not given this problem …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based mortality from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

JJ Reimerink, MJ van der Laan… - Journal of British …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background A substantial proportion of patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
(rAAA) die outside hospital. The objective of this study was to estimate the total mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Post-mortem MRI versus conventional autopsy in fetuses and children: a prospective validation study

S Thayyil, NJ Sebire, LS Chitty, A Wade, WK Chong… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Post-mortem MRI is a potential diagnostic alternative to conventional autopsy,
but few large prospective studies have compared its accuracy with that of conventional …

Incidence and outcomes of non–ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in 284 US hospitals using electronic surveillance criteria

BE Jones, AL Sarvet, J Ying, R Jin… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Non–ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is a common
and deadly hospital-acquired infection. However, inconsistent surveillance methods and …

Safety of mechanical chest compression devices AutoPulse and LUCAS in cardiac arrest: a randomized clinical trial for non-inferiority

RW Koster, LF Beenen, EB van der Boom… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims Mechanical chest compression (CC) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with
AutoPulse or LUCAS devices has not improved survival from cardiac arrest. Cohort studies …

Prospective postmortem evaluation of 735 consecutive SARS-CoV-2-associated death cases

A Fitzek, J Schädler, E Dietz, A Ron, M Gerling… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic with significant mortality …

Imaging in forensic radiology: an illustrated guide for postmortem computed tomography technique and protocols

PM Flach, D Gascho, W Schweitzer, TD Ruder… - … science, medicine, and …, 2014 - Springer
Forensic radiology is a new subspecialty that has arisen worldwide in the field of forensic
medicine. Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and, to a lesser extent, PMCT …

Postmortem CT angiography compared with autopsy: a forensic multicenter study

S Grabherr, A Heinemann, H Vogel, G Rutty, B Morgan… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine if postmortem computed tomography (CT) and postmortem CT
angiography help to detect more lesions than autopsy in postmortem examinations, to …