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- Title
Análisis clínico e histopatológico de la prevalencia de enfermedades cardiacas en muerte súbita. Estudio en autopsias.
- Authors
Carlos Bonilla, Juan; Parra-Medina, Rafael; Fernando Polo, José; Eduardo Rocha, Juan; Pablo Téllez, Juan; José Chaves, Juan; Daniela Nieto, Paula; Campuzano Larrea, Oscar; Sarquella, Georgia; Brugada, Josep; Brugada, Ramón
- Abstract
Introduction: a sudden death incident has a great impact on society and its study is important to provide understanding for strengthening promotion and prevention strategies. Objective: to determine the prevalence of definitive anatomopathological cardiac diagnoses and histopathological findings associated with sudden death due to a cardiovascular cause based on autopsies performed at Hospital de San José in Bogotá DC, Colombia, during the period between 2015 and 2018. Methods: retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study of cases of sudden cardiac death of cardiovascular origin diagnosed in autopsies performed at the pathology service of Hospital de San José, Bogotá DC, Colombia. Results: 178 autopsies with a diagnosis of sudden cardiac death were included. The overall mean age was 56.1 years (SD: 15.06). Male/female ratio was 3:1. The most frequent macroscopic finding was cardiomegaly (average 428.1 g (SD 112.8), with the presence of sclerotic coronary artery disease (p=0.000) with a blockage greater than 80% (p=0.037) in the major coronary arteries. Conclusions: the prevalent definitive anatomopathological diagnoses in SCD were complicated chronic ischemic heart disease (65%) and acute myocardial infarction (16%). Data obtained in this study is similar to that reported worldwide. Cardiomegaly is a frequent finding that should be carefully evaluated.
- Subjects
CARDIAC arrest; CORONARY disease; MYOCARDIAL ischemia; SUDDEN death; CORONARY artery disease
- Publication
Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0121-7372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31260/RepertMedCir.01217372.1244