1Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, G.G.S. Medical College & Hospital BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, G.G.S. Medical College & Hospital BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab,
3Medical Officer, Civil Hospital Jaito, Punjab,
4Professor Department of Pathology, G.G. S. Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab
5Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, G.G.S. Medical College Faridkot, Punjab
Online published on 21 February, 2013.
Histopathological examination of heart autopsies is routinely done in medicolegal cases to ascertain the cause of death. Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involves the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins). They remain the leading cause of deaths worldwide. It is also a major cause of disability. Heart autopsies are a great learning tool for clinicians, pathologists as well as forensic experts. The cardiac autopsies may have changed very little during the last 50 years, the pathologists role on cardiac team has changed dramatically. Present study was done between the period of 2009 2011 consisting of 50 cases highlighting the importance of heart autopsies to establish the cause and mode of death as well as a magnificent learning tool. Cardiomegaly was found to be the most common disease entity followed by myocardial infarction in the present study.
Autopsy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiomegaly
