title: Postmortem angiography: review of former and current methods.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Postmortem investigations are becoming more and more sophisticated. CT and MRI are already being used in pathology and forensic medicine. In this context, the impact of postmortem angiography increases because of the rapid evaluation of organ-specific vascular patterns, vascular alteration under pathologic and physiologic conditions, and tissue changes induced by artificial and unnatural causes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of former and current techniques and contrast agents are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, IRM-Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. silke.grabherr@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grabherr
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Djonov
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Thali
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dirnhofer
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D002102:Cadaver; D003933:Diagnosis; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends