Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Interrogation at Forensic Autopsy: An Underestimated Resource?

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 137; no. 25; pp. 2730 - 2740
• Main Authors: Lacour, Philipp, Buschmann, Claas, Storm, Christian, Nee, Jens, Parwani, Abdul Shokor, Huemer, Martin, Attanasio, Philipp, Boldt, Leif-Hendrik, Rauch, Geraldine, Kucher, Andreas, Pieske, Burkert, Haverkamp, Wilhelm, Blaschke, Florian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc 19.06.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Autopsy - methods; Cause of Death; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology; Defibrillators, Implantable; Device Removal; Female; Forensic Medicine - methods; Germany; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pacemaker, Artificial; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Germany; death, sudden, cardiac; pacemaker, artificial; autopsy; defibrillator, implantable

BACKGROUND:Postmortem interrogations of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), recommended at autopsy in suspected cases of sudden cardiac death, are rarely performed, and data on systematic postmortem CIED analysis in the forensic pathology are missing. The aim of the study was to determin...