autopsy

Significant dementia risk attributable to small blood vessel damage

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:44:09 -0500

Autopsy data of 221 men and women found that the brains of one-third of individuals who had dementia before death showed evidence of small, cumulative blood vessel damage that can arise from hypertension or diabetes.

Autopsy findings suggest end of decline in coronary disease rates

harminka — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:38:02 -0600

Autopsies of individuals in one Minnesota County suggest that the decades-long decline in the rate of coronary artery disease may have ended and possibly reversed after 2000, according to a report in the February 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Forensics go high-tech with CT autopsies

harminka — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:39:39 -0600

Radiologists are investigating the use of computed tomography (CT) as a tool for civilian medical examiners’ autopsies in the United States. According to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), CT autopsy has the potential to replace conventional autopsy in determining the cause of certain accidental deaths.

Carlos Camejo Recovering after Doctors Awake Him During Autopsy

admin_huliq — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:47:52 -0500

Carlos Camejo was pronounced dead shortly after he was involved in a car accident in Venezuela. In typical fashion doctors began a post-mortem but in a freakish turn of events the 33-year-old victim was obviously a survivor.

Virtual autopsy helps identify drowning cause of death

harminka — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:04:26 -0500

"Virtual autopsy" performed with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can aid forensics teams in determining if a person has drowned, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.