Figure 13.

Axial post-mortem CT image through the thorax of an adult male patient who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts and was scanned soon after death. There is some gas in the anterior non-dependent aspect of the right atrium (arrow) with notable absence of decomposition change elsewhere on the post-mortem CT imaging. This distribution of gas is a common finding in subjects who underwent significant cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts, particularly when there is no alternative imaging indication of putrefactive change.