The value of succinate dehydrogenase stain in the post-mortem diagnosis of early acute myocardial infarction. A forensic study.
In consecutive medicolegal material comprising 79 persons, the formazan test revealed recent myocardial infarction in 16 cases (20%). Only 4 of these cases (25%) were demonstrated by macroscopic examination. By means of microscopic examination, the 4 infarctions recognized macroscopically and 5 other cases which were demonstrated by the formazan test could be confirmed. If the formazan test is employed as an independent demonstration of myocardial infarction, a total of 16 cases could be demonstrated (as mentioned above), or four times as many as at macroscopic examination at autopsy.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005562:Formazans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*
D005562:Formazans; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase