Key result
Post-mortem echocardiography is suggested as a potentially worthwhile diagnostic modality to explore for increasing the diagnostic yield of cardiac autopsy in sudden unexpected death in infancy.
Why the study?
Does post-mortem echocardiogram improve the diagnostic yield of autopsy in infants with sudden unexpected death?
Case Report
Does post-mortem echocardiogram improve the diagnostic yield of autopsy in infants with sudden unexpected death?
Post-mortem echocardiography may be a useful ancillary examination to guide cardiac autopsy and increase diagnostic yield in sudden unexpected death in infancy.
Sudden and unexpected death in the young is a common and worldwide problem. Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), clinically unexpected death in an infant between one week and one year of age, affects around 1 in 1000 infants. Autopsy will reveal a specific cause of death in only one third of cases. This has led to various ancillary examinations in an effort to increase the diagnostic yield of the autopsy.In this case report it is suggested that another diagnostic modality, that of the post-mortem echocardiogram might be a worthwhile concept to explore.
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Ker et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI). Post-mortem echocardiography was evaluated. Post-mortem echocardiography is suggested as a potentially worthwhile diagnostic modality to explore for increasing the diagnostic yield of cardiac autopsy in sudden unexpected death in infancy.
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