Citation

Lesauskaite V, Valanciute A. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1998; 19(2): 157-161.

Affiliation

Kaunas Medical Academy, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9662112

Abstract

The role of hypoperfusion in cases of sudden cardiac death of young athletes is discussed. The coronary index, a ratio of the coronary caliber and the myocardial mass, was estimated from postmortem coronary angiograms. The coronary index reflects the degree of myocardial blood supply. In each case, a decrease in the coronary index, in combination with fibrosis and necrosis of the myocardium, was revealed. We suggest that recurring myocardial necrosis developed as a result of hypoperfusion of the hypertrophic myocardium during physical overload.

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