Autopsy diagnosis of Broken Heart Syndrome: Two Case Reports

Within an hour to a day, of onset of terminal symptoms, if death of an individual occurs, it is termed as sudden death. Incidence of sudden cardiac death has been increasing worldwide. Autopsy surgeon have to deal with the daunting task of finding out the cause of death in such cases. We observed two cases of patients doing well and no known associated co-morbidities. On autopsy, no previous infarct or pathological changes were seen, however, thinned out ventricular wall with a tear and blood collection in pericardial sac were the consistent findings in both the cases.