title: [The clinicopathologic analysis in autopsy patients with cardiovascular disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical autopsy results of patients died of cardiovascular disease or other disease complicated with cardiac damage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complete autopsy was performed on 86 cases with uncertain cause of death. Through integrating clinical diagnosis and treatment with gross autopsy findings and microscopic observations, 86 autopsies were determined the major cause of death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 86 autopsies, 69 cases were heart disease. Differences between pathological diagnosis and clinical diagnosis were compared. Twenty-seven cases were cardiac deaths, with diagnosis accordance rate of 81.5%. Forty-two cases died of non-cardiac disease but complicated with heart disease or involving the heart which accelerated the death in patients, with accordance rate of 78.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Scientific and correct performance of autopsy was important to determine the causes of death, to promote development of related disciplines and to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases.
authors: Department of Pathology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin 300051, China.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Mei-lin
authors: ML
authors: Xu
authors: Hong-liang
authors: HL
authors: Cong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult