Search Tag: Autopsy
2017 23 Jun
According to a study presented at EHRA EUROPACE-CARDIOSTIM 2017, pacemakers and other cardiac devices can help solve forensic cases. Devices have been able to reveal time and cause of death in some cases where autopsy failed to do the same. Lead author Dr Philipp Lacour, a cardiologist at Charité - Medical University of Berlin, Germany explains that...Read more
2013 20 May
Minimally invasive autopsy using MRI could be an acceptable alternative to traditional autopsies, according to a new study. The study, published online in The Lancet, assessed the accuracy of whole body, post-mortem MRI for detection of major pathological lesions associated with death in a prospective cohort of foetuses and children. Consent rates...Read more