Unexpected autopsy findings after sudden cardiac death: cardiovascular myxoedema and endocardial fibroelastosis

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1:182:281-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.156. Epub 2015 Jan 2.

Authors

Francisco A Pastor Quirante¹, Francisco J Pastor-Pérez², Sergio Manzano-Fernández³, Nuria Lozano Rivas³, Patricia Pastor Pérez³, Juan P Hernández¹, Juan R Gimeno-Blanes³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain.
² Department of Cardiology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: franpastor79@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Cardiology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.

PMID: 25585372
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.156

No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; Hypothyroidism; Myxoedema.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Autopsy
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocardial Fibroelastosis / complications
Endocardial Fibroelastosis / pathology*
Endocardium / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Diseases / pathology*
Humans
Myocardium / pathology
Myxedema / complications
Myxedema / pathology*