[Sudden cardiac death : Selected forensic aspects.]

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Address: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Deutschland, thomas.bajanowski@uk-essen.de.
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Sudden cardiac death is one of the most common causes of death and a significant number of sudden deaths occurs especially in young people. Sudden cardiac death is also frequently represented in forensic autopsy practice. In such cases pathological findings in the heart can often explain the reason for the acute death. These pathological changes include not only myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis and all forms of myocarditis/endocarditis but also rare diseases, such as hereditary structural or arrythmogenic anomalies, lesions of the cardiac conduction system or primary cardiac tumors.

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