The USE OF saphenous vein grafts (SVG) in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is
the mainstay of the surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease. lm3 Less than 3% of …

… Chiasson is Chief Forensic Pathologist for Ontario, Dr. Cairns is Deputy Chief Coroner for
Ontario, … Wetli CV, Fishbain DA. Cocaine-induced psychosis and sudden death in recreational …

The utility and validity of the diatom test for drowning was studied using a retrospective analysis
of 771 cases of drowning mostly from Ontario, Canada, over the period 1977 to 1993. In …

The pathologic findings in autopsies of drowning victims are nonspecific and vary from case
to case. However, most reported pathologic series of drowning cases exclude children and …

The hyoid is the U-shaped bone of the neck that is fractured in one-third of all homicides by
strangulation. On this basis, postmortem detection of hyoid fracture is relevant to the …

Background Adverse fibrotic remodeling is detrimental to myocardial health and a reliable
method for monitoring the development of fibrotic remodeling may be desirable during the …

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome characterized
by severe structural and electrical cardiac phenotypes, including myocardial fibrofatty …

Drowning is a significant cause of childhood mortality in the developed world. Males and
preschool-aged children are overrepresented in most series of pediatric drowning. To obtain a …

Background Studies have reported that thoracic CT may provide greater sensitivity compared
with radiography in detection of pediatric rib fractures and fracture healing. The additional …

Low blood flow through the fetal left heart is often conjectured as an etiology for hypoplastic
left heart syndrome (HLHS). To investigate if a decrease in left heart flow results in growth …