Postmortem changes - cardiovascular

Last revised by Yahya Baba ◉ on 21 Jul 2021

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Citation:

Smith H, Baba Y, Knipe H, Postmortem changes - cardiovascular. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-61118

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-61118

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/61118

rID:

61118

Article created:

18 Jun 2018, Hamish Smith

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Hamish Smith had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

21 Jul 2021, Yahya Baba ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Yahya Baba had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Cardiac, Forensic

Tags:

cases

Synonyms:

Cardiovascular postmortem change
Cardiovascular postmortem changes

Cardiovascular postmortem changes refer to the normal appearances of the cardiovascular system on postmortem imaging.

Radiographic features

CT

hyperdensity of the aortic wall ^1,2
hypostasis of blood intravascularly ³
dilatation of the right atrium of the heart ¹
dilatation of the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava (except in cases of exsanguination) ¹