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Sudden cardiac death due to an isolated right ventricular thromboembolism is an uncommon cause of death. In the reported case, a healthy, asymptomatic young male with no past medical history outside of obesity and his age was found unresponsive by a family member who suspected him to be sleeping. Examination of the heart at autopsy revealed a large serpiginous, organized and obstructive blood clot compromising most of the right ventricle with no other cardiac abnormalities and without any evidence of a pulmonary embolism. The patient was found to not have any history of substance abuse, genetic predispositions, kidney disease, or COVID-19 infection which has all been linked to ventricular thrombi.
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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology encompasses all aspects of modern day forensics, equally applying to children or adults, either living or the deceased. This includes forensic science, medicine, nursing, and pathology, as well as toxicology, human identification, mass disasters/mass war graves, profiling, imaging, policing, wound assessment, sexual assault, anthropology, archeology, forensic search, entomology, botany, biology, veterinary pathology, and DNA. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology presents a balance of forensic research and reviews from around the world to reflect modern advances through peer-reviewed papers, short communications, meeting proceedings and case reports.
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