1Tutor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Vadodara.
2Tutor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad.
3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Vadodara.
4Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad.
The sudden death of a person is a devastating event for both the family and community. Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in understanding both the clinical and environmental basis of sudden cardiac death. Many of the causes of sudden death are due to genetic heart disorders, which can lead to both structural (eg, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) and arrhythmogenic abnormalities (eg, familial long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome). Most commonly, sudden cardiac deathcan be the first presentation of an underlying heart problem, leaving the family at a loss as to why an otherwise healthy person has died. Not only is this a tragic event for those involved, but it also presents a great challenge to the forensic experts involved in the autopsy of deceased. The present report is a cross-sectional study regarding cause of SCDs on autopsy examination in one-year period from 2016–2017, Vadodara.
Sudden Cardiac deaths, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, healthy adults
