1Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi
3Tutor, Department of Anatomy, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi
4Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Koppala Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppala
5Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga
*Corresponding author: Dr. Sunilkumar S Biradar Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi, Email id: sunil3426@gmail.com, Mobile: 09880027727
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
Hypertension is a chronic condition of concern due to its role in the causation of coronary heart disease, stroke and other vascular complications. It is the commonest cardiovascular disorder posing a major public health challenge to population.
To know the cause of sudden deaths in hospitalized and brought dead cases.
A total of 1500 hearts were studied over a period of 20 years from 1997 to 2016.
Ischemic heart disease were reported in 255 (17%) cases (Fig.1, 2&4) and left ventricular hypertrophy in 145(9.60%) cases (Fig.3.) Altogether hypertensive heart diseases contributed about 26% of total sudden deaths. Conclusion: Most common cause of hypertensive heart diseases was atherosclerosis
Hypertension, Ischemia, Heart
