Atlas of Postmortem Angiography (eBook)

Silke Grabherr, University Center of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland Jochen Grimm, University Hospital Vaudois, Department of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland Axel Heinemann, University Hospital Hamburg- Eppendorf, Department of Legal Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Part I: Introduction: Postmortem
Imaging - Development and Historical Review.- PMI – A part of forensic
medicine.- PMI – A transdisciplinary approach for objectified knowledge. Part
II: Postmortem Angiography: PMA – A historical review.- PMA – and the
thanatology of the heart-circulation system. Part III: PMA – the technical
approach: PMA and the Virtangio system.- PMA and CT.- PMA and MRI.- PMA and
contrast agent.- PMA and Database and storage. Part IV: PMA - The role of the
radiographer: The new profession of forensic radiographer. PartV: Multiphase
Postmortem Angiography: Neuro (Head).- Neck.- Heart.- Vascular system.- Lungs.-
Gastro intestinal tract.- Abdominal Organs. Part VI: Post-mortem Angiography of
the Extremities: Upper extremities.- Lower extremities. Part VII: In cases of
natural death: Sudden cardiac death.- Systemic diseases, sepsis, multi-organ
failure.- Other natural death. Part VIII: PMA and trauma: Blunt trauma.- Sharp
trauma.- Shot.- Explosion, Thermic trauma.- Suffocation / Strangulation.-
Intoxication.- Drowning.- Other traumatic death (Cardio-Inhibitor Reflex,
electrocution).- Post-operative death. Part IX: Special casuistic cases:
Forensic radiological diagnosis and reconstruction. Part X: PMA and clinical
pathology (non-forensic cases): Heart surgery.- Intensive cardiology.-
Intensive care unit.- Emergency medicine. Part XI: PMA – special studies:
Children.- Decomposition.- Histology – Immuno-Histology.- Intravasal
pressures.- Medical malpractice.- Animal model.- Selective angio. Part XII: PMA
– in Teaching and clinical anatomy: PMA in student teaching.- PMA in clinical
anatomy.