Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report

Sudden unexpected death is commonly dealt by a forensic pathologists with sudden cardiac death being a major cause of death in Thai population. Even though dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy found, it rarely results in sudden death. The author described a case of Thai...

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Main Author: Sakda Sathirareuangchai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mahidol University 2014-07-01
Series:Siriraj Medical Journal
Online Access:https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55270
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spelling doaj-f8fa8314fdff42e7a27a25f60a23ec672021-08-13T09:55:30ZengMahidol UniversitySiriraj Medical Journal2228-80822014-07-01664Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case ReportSakda Sathirareuangchai0Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand 10700 Sudden unexpected death is commonly dealt by a forensic pathologists with sudden cardiac death being a major cause of death in Thai population. Even though dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy found, it rarely results in sudden death. The author described a case of Thai adult male who was found dead in his bed. The autopsy finding revealed the cause of death to be dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).  Keywords: Sudden death, dilated cardiomyopathy, forensic autopsy Siriraj Med J 2014;66:127-130  https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55270
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Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
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title Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
title_short Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
title_full Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
title_fullStr Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Sudden Death from Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Case Report
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publisher Mahidol University
series Siriraj Medical Journal
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publishDate 2014-07-01
description Sudden unexpected death is commonly dealt by a forensic pathologists with sudden cardiac death being a major cause of death in Thai population. Even though dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy found, it rarely results in sudden death. The author described a case of Thai adult male who was found dead in his bed. The autopsy finding revealed the cause of death to be dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).  Keywords: Sudden death, dilated cardiomyopathy, forensic autopsy Siriraj Med J 2014;66:127-130 
url https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55270
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