Scala-Barnett D M, Donoghue E R
Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
J Forensic Sci. 1988 Jan;33(1):84-91.
Four cases of sudden death in young females with clinical and pathologic features of mitral valve prolapse are discussed. The approach to postmortem examination of the mitral valve is reviewed and various risk factors are stressed. Because of the sudden nature of these deaths, this entity is more commonly seen in medical examiner's populations than hospital autopsies. A practical approach to the investigation of such cases is given.
本文讨论了4例具有二尖瓣脱垂临床和病理特征的年轻女性猝死病例。回顾了二尖瓣尸检的方法，并强调了各种危险因素。由于这些死亡的突发性，在法医尸检中比在医院尸检中更常见到这种情况。给出了对此类病例进行调查的实用方法。
