Postmortem angiography: review of former and current methods.
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.
Grabherr
Silke
S
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, IRM-Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. silke.grabherr@chuv.ch
Djonov
Valentin
V
Yen
Kathrin
K
Thali
Michael J
MJ
Dirnhofer
Richard
R
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