Amussat's sign in hanging - a prospective autopsy study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11150/11:10108669

Result on the web

<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01548.x/pdf" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01548.x/pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01548.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01548.x</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Amussat's sign in hanging - a prospective autopsy study

Original language description

Amussat's sign is typically a transverse laceration of the intimal layer of carotid arteries described in cases of hanging. Subtotal laceration of the carotid artery is not strictly specific for hanging and can be also caused by blunt neck trauma, extreme overstretching, or whiplash-injuries. In a prospective autopsy study of 178 cases of hanging, Amussat's sign was found in 29 cases (a relative frequency of 16.1%). A statistically significant association between the occurrence of tears in the intimal layer of carotid arteries and the victims' age was discovered in the cases studied (the frequency increased with age; p { 0.05). The occurrence of Amussat's sign was independent of gender, weight, completeness of the victim's body suspension, and positionof the ligature knot on the neck. The study demonstrates the fact that the most probable cause of Amussat's sign is a combination of direct compression of the artery by the rope and indirect stretching because of the gravitational drag p

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EA - Morphology and cytology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Forensic Sciences

ISSN

0022-1198

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

132-135

UT code for WoS article

000285839300017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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