• 作者：Josep Castellá ; Garcí ; a^a ; ^{jose.castella@xij.gencat.cat} ; Jordi Medallo Muñ ; iz^b ; Teresa Marró ; n Moya^c
• 关键词：Patologí ; a forense ; Gené ; tica ; Autopsia molecular ; Enfermedades arritmogé ; nicas ; Miocardiopatí ; as ; Muerte sú ; bita cardiaca
• 刊名：Revista Espa?ola de Cardiolog¡§aa Suplementos
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：13
• 期：supp_S1
• 页码：30-37
• 全文大小：796 K

Sudden death, whether of cardiac origin or not, is regarded as the typical example of a suspicious criminal death in forensic medicine. Its sudden and unexpected character, without the knowledge of the final cause of death, makes it not possible to discard violence as one possible cause of death. Consequently, health care doctors must make an accurate legal report of the death, with or without telephone call to the first-instance criminal court or addressed to the police.

As far as we know better all the cases, we provide diagnoses of family and/or genetic-based syndromes which will require genetic advice and family studies to be performed by cardiologists. The most typical examples are family arrhythmogenic disorders or some cardiomyopathies. These conditions are a serious challenge for their characterization, in terms of molecular autopsy, in an attempt of forensic pathology to answer the social needs in the field of Health care.