1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, GMCH, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BJGMC, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BJGMC, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BJGMC, Pune, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author: Bandgar Abhijit L Address: Flat B/2, Satyaraj City Society, Survey no 49, Kale Borate Nagar, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Pin code 411028, Mobile no +91 9860469512. Email: bandgarabhijit85@gmail.com
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
WHO defines sudden death as, “Death is said to be sudden or unexpected when a person not known to have been suffering from any dangerous disease, injury or poisoning is found dead or dies within 24 hours after the onset of signs and symptom”. The present autopsy based study conducted at department of forensic medicine of B.J. Medical college and Sassoon General hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, from October 2013 to May 2015; during this period total 9497 cases of were brought for medico-legal autopsies out of that 807 cases of sudden deaths constituted the study population. In the study population 354 cases had cardiovascular system involment; in that 64 cases shown myocardial infarction and were further analyzed in detail. As stressed by WHO scientific group the early recognition of Ischemic Heart Disease is very important aspect of its prevention, as it would lead us to the development of methods for prevention and control. The present autopsy based study is an attempt to do the same by analyzing the cardiac causes of sudden deaths with special reference to myocardial infarction deaths.
Sudden death, autopsy study, cardiac deaths, myocardial infarction, risk factors, clinical profile, Pune region
