FORENSIC MEDICAL ASSESSMENT OF UNSURPRISED HEART DEATH: POSSIBILITIES FOR DETECTION AND MODERN DIAGNOSTIC BASES

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death is one of the most acute and unresolved problems of modern medicine in the fields of clinical cardiology, pathological anatomy, and forensic medicine. According to the WHO definition, CVD is a natural death resulting from cardiac pathology, preceded by sudden loss of consciousness within one hour of acute symptoms.

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