Extensive fibrofatty infiltration of the left ventricle in two cases of sudden cardiac death

J Forensic Sci. 1994 Sep;39(5):1182-7.

Abstract

Replacement of the myocardium by fibrous and adipose tissue is well documented in the right ventricle, but has been rarely described in the left ventricle. We present two cases of extensive fibrofatty infiltration of the left ventricle without significant right ventricular involvement in young men whose presenting symptom was sudden death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology
  • Fibrosis / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male