Bicuspid aortic valve: Cause for sudden cardiac death-A case report

Sudden death in young adults is always a challenge for the autopsy surgeon. Most of the cases of sudden death are related to the cardiovascular system. The other major contributions include infection, epilepsy, intracranial haemorrhage and asthma. Most often, unrecognised structural heart diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, arrthymogenic right ventricular dysplasia and premature coronary artery disease are the causes for sudden cardiac death in the young. There are some other rare causes of sudden cardiac death which one has to rule out before arriving at the cause of death. Here we are presenting a rare case of sudden cardiac death following bicuspid aortic valve in a middle aged male.