[Myocardial pathology in sudden ischemic death: peculiarities of morphologic diagnosis].

Objective: The aim of the investigation was to determine morphological criteria of acute myocardial injures in sudden ischemic death.

Material And Methods: Morphological investigation of the whole myocardium and coronary arteries in 170 victims of sudden out-of-hospital death due to ischemic heart disease was performed in the framework of the international WHO program "Myocardial Infarction Register in Population" and joint (at that time) USSR-USA project on sudden death.

Results: It was established, that out-of-hospital sudden death due to ischemic heart disease in all cases is related to irreversible myocardial injury: 92.

[Giant euthyreotic retrosternal struma complicated by compression and thrombosis of brachiocephalic, subclavia, jugular and axillary veins, edema and necrosis of brain].

The case of giant euthyreotic retro-sternal struma complicated by compression and thrombosis of brachiocephalic, subclavia, jugular and axillary veins, edema and necrosis of brain is presented in the article. 64-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due to ischemic stroke. Retrosternal struma was suspected according to clinical symptoms of compression of superior vena cava.