title: [The application of cerebral angiography in the forensic postmortem examination].
abstract: As a "Gold Standard" in clinical diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, cerebral angiography also plays an important role in forensic postmortem examination. The key roles of identifying the site of cerebrovascular disease and the cause of death as well as providing guidance for autopsy and postmortem sampling and the broad future application of cerebral angiography in forensic practice are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. xutongli28@126.com
authors.forename: Tong-Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xu-Fu
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Xiao-Gang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology