Abstract：
:Traditionally, the manner of death in most hospital autopsy cases is natural, in which death is due to the natural course of disease or reasonably anticipated outcomes of medical interventions. Some cases fall into a potential gray zone between natural and accident, including rare or unanticipated outcomes of medical interventions. We present a case of a patient postcoronary artery bypass graft. Autopsy revealed the proximal anastomosis of the aorta-to-first-diagonal-coronary-artery-to-second-obtuse-marginal-artery graft was detached from the aorta. A broken suture was present at the disconnected anastomosis, with intact knots but was broken along its length. In-hospital mortality rates of CABG range from 1% to 3%, with several autopsy studies identifying surgical complications as the cause of death in one-third of perioperative deaths. No publications were found that described suture rupture as directly relating to the cause of death. This case report describes a previously unreported complication of coronary artery bypass grafting.
journal_name
J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Criss BE,Zimmermann N,Butler RTdoi
10.1111/1556-4029.13844subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
281-283issue
1eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
64pub_type
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doi：
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doi：
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doi：
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
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