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Published in: Virchows Archiv 2/2018

01-02-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Pacemaker failure as a cause of sudden death

Author: Daniel P. Morin

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 2/2018

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Excerpt

I read with interest the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology’s Guidelines for Autopsy Investigation of Sudden Cardiac Death, recently authored by Basso et al. [1]. While discussing the value of knowing the decedent’s personal history and family history, the authors mention that the presence of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs; pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators [ICDs]) can be especially valuable. While finding such a device during autopsy certainly provides a clue to the forensic pathologist that significant cardiac pathology may have played a role in the death, CIEDs can serve as much more than just a hint. …
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Metadata
Title
Pacemaker failure as a cause of sudden death
Author
Daniel P. Morin
Publication date
01-02-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Virchows Archiv / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-017-2244-6

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