OBJECTIVE study the histopathological lesions of Heart in cases of sudden death. the period from 1st July 2014 to 30 November 2015, out of 144 medicolegal autopsies, 120 autopsies of heart were . Five specimen of heart were autolyzed so 115 autopsy specimen of heart were included for study. Routine H and E is used for microscopic examination. of 115 cases, 74 cases shows atherosclerosis, 33 cases shows features of myocardial infarction, myocardial hypertrophy in 60 cases, 11 cases shows myocarditis, vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell was present in 6 cases and pericarditis present 1 case. In 29 cases, there was no identifiable cause of death even after complete gross and microscopic autopsy was . was concluded that myocardial infarction due to atherosclerotic ischaemic heart disease is probably the commonest diagnosis in majority of sudden death cases subjected to medicolegal autopsies. Histological findings must be evaluated with great for preventing incorrect conclusion to identify causes of deaths in sudden death cases.
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Chandrakala Joshi (2016) studied this question.