With autopsy-negative SUD accounting for a significant number of sudden deaths in young
people, a new role for the medical examiner is emerging. An accurate diagnosis, derived …

Several culprits may be identified at postmortem in sudden death (SD) victims, including
coronary artery, myocardial, valve, conduction system, and congenital heart diseases …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to define the incidence and characterization of
cardiovascular cause of sudden death in the young. Background: The epidemiology of …

Objective To perform long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular
tachycardia cardiac channel postmortem genetic testing (molecular autopsy) for a large …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the spectrum and prevalence of long QT
syndrome (LQTS)-associated mutations in a large cohort of autopsy-negative sudden …

OBJECTIVE To perform a molecular autopsy of the RyR2-encoded cardiac ryanodine
receptor/calcium release channel in medical examiner/coroner's cases of sudden …

In the forensic medicine field, molecular autopsy is the post-mortem genetic analysis
performed to attempt to unravel the cause of decease in cases remaining unexplained after …

Molecular autopsy is the process of investigating sudden death through genetic analysis. It
is particularly useful in cases where traditional autopsy is negative or only shows non …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most common causes of death in developed
countries, with most SCDs involving the elderly, and structural heart disease evident at …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most common causes of death. An important
number of sudden deaths, especially in the young, are due to genetic heart disorders, both …