Virtual autopsy with multiphase postmortem computed tomographic angiography versus traditional medical autopsy to investigate unexpected deaths of hospitalized patients: a cohort study

Wichmann, Dominic; Heinemann, Axel; Weinberg, Clemens; Vogel, Hermann; Hoepker, Wilhelm Wolfgang; Grabherr, Silke; Pueschel, Klaus; Kluge, Stefan

doi:10.7326/M13-2211

Scientific article

English

Virtual autopsy with multiphase postmortem computed tomographic angiography versus traditional medical autopsy to investigate unexpected deaths of hospitalized patients: a cohort study

ContributorsWichmann, Dominic; Heinemann, Axel; Weinberg, Clemens; Vogel, Hermann; Hoepker, Wilhelm Wolfgang; Grabherr, Silke; Pueschel, Klaus; Kluge, Stefan

Published inAnnals of Internal Medicine, vol. 160, no. 8, p. 534-541

Publication date2014

Abstract

"Virtual" autopsy by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) can replace medical autopsy to a certain extent but has limitations for cardiovascular diseases. These limitations might be overcome by adding multiphase PMCT angiography.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiography
Autopsy/methods
Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging/mortality
Cause of Death
Death, Sudden/etiology
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale

Research groups

Groupe Silke Grabherr (969)

Citation (ISO format)

WICHMANN, Dominic et al. Virtual autopsy with multiphase postmortem computed tomographic angiography versus traditional medical autopsy to investigate unexpected deaths of hospitalized patients: a cohort study. In: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2014, vol. 160, n° 8, p. 534–541. doi: 10.7326/M13-2211

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:112118
DOI : 10.7326/M13-2211
PMID : 24733194

Journal ISSN0003-4819

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Virtual autopsy with multiphase postmortem computed tomographic angiography versus traditional medical autopsy to investigate unexpected deaths of hospitalized patients: a cohort study

"Virtual" autopsy by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) can replace medical autopsy to a certain extent but has limitations for cardiovascular diseases. These limitations might be overcome by adding multiphase PMCT angiography.

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