Efficacy of postmortem CT and tissue sampling in establishing the cause of death in clinical practice: a prospective observational study.
Max Guillaume MentinkBart G H LattenFrans C H BakersCasper MihlFaysal BenaliPatty J NelemansRoger J M W RennenbergRichard P KoopmansDennis C J J BergmansBela KubatPaul A M HofmanPublished in: Journal of clinical pathology (2022)
PMCT and PMS confer additional diagnostic value in establishing the COD. Shortcomings in detecting vascular occlusions and perfusion disorders and susceptibility to pulmonary postmortem changes could in future be improved by additional techniques. Both PMCT and PMS are feasible in clinical practice and an alternative when autopsy cannot be performed.