title: [Phase-contrast and polarization microscopic studies of the myocardium in forensic medical practice].
abstract: Describes the major acute pathologic changes in the myocardiocytes detectable by phase-contrast and polarization microscopy. Demonstrates the significance of these changes for a correct diagnosis of sudden coronary death, death from ethanol poisoning or closed injuries of the heart after blunt trauma of the chest.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kapustin
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods; D002423:Cause of Death; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / Q000379:methods*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Fazovo-kontrastnoe i poliarizatsionno-mikroskopicheskoe issledovaniia miokarde v sudebno-meditsinskoĭ praktike.