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T C Schultz

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Coronary artery aneurysms in a young adult.

Coronary artery aneurysms are an extremely rare cause of death at any age, but particularly so in young adults. A case is described of a young and previously fit man who died suddenly following thrombosis within one of multiple coronary artery aneurysms. He had had a childhood illness with symptoms consistent with an episode of unrecognized infantile polyarteritis nodosa. It is suggested that many cases of aneurysm of the coronary arteries in young adults, where atherosclerosis has been excluded, may in fact be due to previous polyarteritis, rather than of congenital origin as is usually claimed.

Adult↗

Simple method for demonstrating coronary arteries at postmortem examination.

Adequate examination of the coronary arteries at postmortem is often difficult, and whether the arteries are opened longitudinally or serially, there are disadvantages in the method. A simple angiographic technique is described that allows the rapid assessment of stenotic lesions in the epicardial portions of the coronary arteries.

Adult↗

The post-mortem myocardial potassium sodium ratio in detection of infarction.

The potassium:sodium ratio was estimated in cardiac muscle collected from 67 autopsies at Flinders Medical Centre. The results were compared with the clinical and histological evidence of infarction, and a good statistical correlation was demonstrated (P less than 0.001). It is proposed that the method be used as a routine in cases of sudden death. The technique appears to be a simple and cheap alternative to histochemical and histological procedures and offers greater sensitivity and reliability.

Humans↗