TY - JOUR
T1 - Fat infiltration of left ventricle - a rare cause of sudden cardiac death
AU - Kanchan, Tanuj
AU - Acharya, Jenash
AU - Ram, Pradhum
AU - Khadilkar, Urmila N.
AU - Rana, Talvinder
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Cor adiposum is a rare disorder of the heart, where the normal heart tissue is replaced by fibro-fatty infiltrates. We report one such case of a middle-aged female who was declared dead shortly after a syncopal episode. At autopsy, the pericardium was intact and firmly adhered to the heart. Histopathology revealed fatty infiltrates extending into the left ventricle of the heart. A post-mortem diagnosis of Cor adiposum was made which is an uncommonly reported cause of sudden cardiac death.
AB - Cor adiposum is a rare disorder of the heart, where the normal heart tissue is replaced by fibro-fatty infiltrates. We report one such case of a middle-aged female who was declared dead shortly after a syncopal episode. At autopsy, the pericardium was intact and firmly adhered to the heart. Histopathology revealed fatty infiltrates extending into the left ventricle of the heart. A post-mortem diagnosis of Cor adiposum was made which is an uncommonly reported cause of sudden cardiac death.
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U2 - 10.1177/0025817216638783
DO - 10.1177/0025817216638783
M3 - Article
C2 - 26975397
AN - SCOPUS:85021849093
SN - 0025-8172
VL - 84
SP - 142
EP - 144
JO - Medico-Legal Journal
JF - Medico-Legal Journal
IS - 3
ER -