Insulin in post-mortem blood.
In 29 cases of sudden death the insulin concentration in blood from the right heart and the femoral vein was determined by a radioimmunological method. The concentrations in the femoral venous blood were below 60 muU/ml serum (mean 23 muU/ml), i.e. in the same order of magnitude as in living persons. In right heart blood the insulin values were about 10 times higher, probably due to post-mortal diffusion of insulin via the portal vein. In suspected hyperinsulinism the measurements should therefore be made on peripheral venous blood.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin