SUSPICIUOS BUT SUDDEN CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS
Abstract
Aim: To determine the causes of sudden deaths while asleep and in motion (activity).
Materials & Method: Two cases of middle aged male Negroid adults were autopsied and analyzed in the department of anatomic pathology for the cause of sudden death at rest and in activity-while eating.
Results: They were both found to be class 1(one) and 3(three) obsessed with estimated BMI’s of 43.5kg/m2 and 50.6kg/m2 respectively. The major features were on the cardiovascular as both had a massive cardiomegaly of 900 gm/500gms respectively. ( Normal for normal adult male of 75kg weight:300-350gms). This feature was compromised with other lesions like florid arteriomatous plaques.
Conclusion: We found to our opinion that both died of hypertensive cardiovascular diseases following long standing hypertension though with good management but lack of compliance on the patients side.
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