Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2004
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 4

Sudden death – A case of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

  • Author:
  • S. S. Agarwal1, Chetan Choksi1, Iliyas Sheikh2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 157 to 159

1Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Government Medical College & New Civil Hospital, Surat.

2Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SMIMER, Surat.

Abstract

A 21 year old male fell down suddenly while jogging in the morning of 27th December 2000 at 7.30 a.m. and was rushed to the nearby hospital by his colleagues. On arrival at the hospital, he was declared dead by the doctor on the duty. The case was brought to the mortuary for medicolegal postmortem examination at 10.30 a.m. on the same day. Various aspects of the case are discussed in this paper.

Keywords

Young, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Sudden death