A Clinicopathological Analysis of Six Autopsy Cases of Sudden Unexpected Death Due to Infectious Aortitis in Patients with Aortic Tears.

Discussion We demonstrated that sudden unexpected death caused by infectious aortitis rarely occurred in hospitalized patients, even in the recovery phase of the preceding infectious disease. We therefore recommend that clinicians pay attention to infectious aortitis in patients with infectious disease, particularly elderly patients with atherosclerotic disease, even those who are in the improvement phase. Highlights Unexpected sudden death by infectious aortitis in the recovery phase of antecedent infection. PMID: 29321404 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Intern Med Source Type: research