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PURPOSE: To evaluate postmortem CT (PMCT) finding of hypostasis. METHODS: PMCT examinations were performed within 2 hours of death in 126 patients who arrived at our institution in nontraumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. RESULTS: PMCT showed hypostasis as high-density fluid level in the lumen of the heart or great vessels in 66 of 126 patients (52%). CONCLUSION: Hypostasis is observed as an intravascular high-density fluid level on PMCT.
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