Abstract

Cardiac diseases are responsible for 80% of sudden deaths, but they may also be involved in deaths that have occurred during surgical procedures or in hospitalised patients, as well as being related to accidental deaths. A specialised heart examination guarantees the medico-legal assessment of the cause of death, and is essential in the diagnoses of familial cardiopathies. The pathological characteristics, according to cardiovascular pathology criteria of the most frequent structural cardiopathies in forensic practice are presented.

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