Table.
Cause of death identified by magnetic resonance imaging and autopsy in 53 cases
| Magnetic resonance and clinical history
|
No
|
Autopsy
|
|---|---|---|
| Cardiac ischaemia or cardiac death | 31 | — |
| Pneumonia | 6 | — |
| Aortic aneurysm | 3 | — |
| Disseminated malignancy (one renal in origin) | 2 | — |
| Cerebral infarction | 2 | — |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 1 | — |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome (after surgery) | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary embolus (after surgery) | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary oedema, pleural effusions, abnormal left ventricular wall signal | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary oedema |
| Normal brain and lungs, left ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial fluid | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease |
| Old brain ischaemia, thorax and upper abdomen normal, history of ischaemic heart disease | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease |
| Fractured neck of femur, pulmonary consolidation, and oedema | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease, pneumonia, gastric erosions, pseudomembranous colitis fractured neck of femur |
| Pulmonary oedema, empyema pericardial fluid, septicaemia | 1 | Pulmonary oedema, pneumonia, pericarditis, septicaemia, empyema |
| Cardiomegaly, pulmonary oedema | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease |