Table 2.
Autopsy Findings from 99 Victims of Sudden Unexplained Death (SUD)
| Cardiac findings | 62 (63%) |
| Blank Autopsy | 37 (37%) |
| Heart weight, grams | 416* (240–660) |
| LV thickness, mm | 14.7* (5–25) |
| RV thickness, mm | 3.9X (0.3–15) |
| Mean BMI, kg/m2 | 24.6† (15–37) |
| Heart weight / Body Mass, ratio | 0.5%† (0.3–0.8) |
| Hypertrophy and/or enlarged heart | 35 (35%) |
| Coronary atheromatosis | 31 (31%) |
| Myocardial fibrosis | 19 (19%) |
| Dilated chambers | 7 (7%) |
| Myocardial Inflamation | 5 (5%) |
| Minor congenital heart defects | 5 (5%) |
| Valvular heart defects | 3 (3%) |
| Non-cardiac findings | 26 (26%) |
| Atherosclerosis of the great vessels | 24 (24%) |
| Aspiration | 2 (2%) |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 1 (1%) |
| Pneumonia | 1 (1%) |
| Toxicology performed | 29 (29%) |
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; LV left ventricle; RV right ventricle.†n = 47; xn = 60; *n = 61
None of the findings fulfilled diagnostic criteria. All percentages are given out of total the total population