Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy as a cause of Sudden Cardiac Death—An Autopsy Study

Kanwardeep Kaur Tiwana, Manmeet Kaur2 , Mohanvir Kaur3, Shaffaly Gagneja4 , Haspreet Kaur5

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected death with underlying cardiac pathology. Hypertrophiccardiomyopathy is one of the causes of SCD. It comes almost second important cause after Ischemic pathology.However, it remains to be explored. It is a 10-year retrospective study done between (2002-2020) includingall the postmortem cases of SCD coming to the Department of Pathology for histopathological examination.The present study highlights various histopathological features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy