Diagnosis of coronary artery disease using minimally invasive autopsy: evaluation of a novel method of post-mortem coronary CT angiography

In the UK, deaths of unknown cause, or those in which an unnatural cause is suspected, are investigated by the coroner. Commonly, as part of this investigation, the coroner requests an autopsy to be performed; 22% of all deaths are followed by autopsy, and 90% of these are performed on the instruction of a coroner. There is an increasing public demand for an alternative to invasive autopsy for the diagnosis of cause of death in adults and...