If there was a person thought to be suffering from anxiety neurosis who could not evidence thier arrythmias when tests were done; then if they died, could the pathologist find evidence of arrythmias in an autopsy, even if they died under general anesthetic and no structural cardiac damage is evident in the muscles etc other than possible nerve damage?
When I viewed an autopsy on YouTube, they didn't seem to look at the conduction system of the heart. But I know that they may do a more in depth anylisis of the heart if the person died under general anesthetic.
Any ideas?
2007-09-02 00:41:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Actually, Wolf-Parkinson-White pathways can be discovered on post mortem exam. These are rarely fatal.
Most lethal arrhythmias would not be represented in the tissues.
Evidence of old MI's can be seen and it is often in the nearby tissues that "re-entrant phenomenon" can cause lethal ventricular fibrillation.
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2007-09-02 18:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by a simple man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my limited knowledge of pathological procedures, I would think it unlikely that heart arrhythmia's would show any evidence in non-living flesh. The conduction has little to do with the rhythm which has to be measured while alive and recorded over time.
2007-09-02 07:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only atrial and ventricular fibrillation can be detected at autopsy by observing atria or ventricles full of blood. Other arrhythmias can`t be detected.
2007-09-02 08:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋