Use of Cardiac Injury Markers in the Postmortem Diagnosis of Sudden Cardiac Death

• Main Authors: Octavio, Carvajal-Zarrabal, Patricia M., Hayward-Jones, Cirilo Nolasco, Nolasco-Hipólito, Dulce, Barradas-Dermitz, Ana Laura, Calderón-Garcidueñas, Noe, Lopez-Amador
• Format: E-Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17878/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.13397/full
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

In the daily practice of forensic pathology, sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a diagnostic challenge. Our aim was to determine the usefulness of blood biomarkers [creatine kinase CK-MB, myoglobin, troponin I and T (cTn-T & T), and lactate dehydrogenase] measured by immunoassay technique, in the pos...