TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrospective study on the comparison of out-of-hospital and in-hospital sudden cardiovascular death: An italian experience
AU - Ventura Spagnolo, Elvira
AU - Spagnolo, Elvira Ventura
AU - Giorlandino, Alexandra
AU - Indorato, Francesca
AU - Pucci, Angela
AU - Pucci, Angela
AU - Bartoloni, Giovanni
AU - Indorato, Francesca
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A retrospective study of forensic autopsies was carried out in the time interval January 2007 to December 2012 at the Forensic Pathology Service, Catania, south Italy, with a reference population of 3 000 000 inhabitants. During the study period, 1346 forensic autopsies were performed, including 223 (16.57%) sudden/unexpected deaths. Among the latter, 116 fulfilled the criteria of out-of-hospital (Group A) and 107 were in-hospital (Group B) sudden/unexpected deaths with suspected medical malpractice and/or a professional liability claim. In Group A, coronary artery disease was the most common cause of death (N=67; 57.65 %), followed by cardiomyopathies (N=19, 16.38%) and myocarditis (N= 6; 17%). In Group B, coronary artery disease (N=32, 29.91%), post-procedural or post-surgical complications (N=30, 28.04%), pulmonary thromboembolism (N= 17; 15.89%) and aortic dissection (N=7, 6.54%) were the main causes of death.
AB - A retrospective study of forensic autopsies was carried out in the time interval January 2007 to December 2012 at the Forensic Pathology Service, Catania, south Italy, with a reference population of 3 000 000 inhabitants. During the study period, 1346 forensic autopsies were performed, including 223 (16.57%) sudden/unexpected deaths. Among the latter, 116 fulfilled the criteria of out-of-hospital (Group A) and 107 were in-hospital (Group B) sudden/unexpected deaths with suspected medical malpractice and/or a professional liability claim. In Group A, coronary artery disease was the most common cause of death (N=67; 57.65 %), followed by cardiomyopathies (N=19, 16.38%) and myocarditis (N= 6; 17%). In Group B, coronary artery disease (N=32, 29.91%), post-procedural or post-surgical complications (N=30, 28.04%), pulmonary thromboembolism (N= 17; 15.89%) and aortic dissection (N=7, 6.54%) were the main causes of death.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/279733
UR - http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2015/Indorato_14.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 173
EP - 186
JO - EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal
JF - EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal
SN - 2279-7165
ER -