Journal of Forensic Medicine

法医学杂志 ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 68-73.DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.01.013

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Research Advances in Sympathetic Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction and Its Significance in Forensic Science#br#

YU Tian-shui1,2, GE Lu-zou3, CAO Ji-min4   

  1. 1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization, Beijing 100088, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Evidence Science, Ministry of Education, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100192, China; 3. High District Branch of Weihai Public Security Bureau, Weihai 264200, Shandong Province, China; 4. Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
  • Online:2019-02-25 Published:2019-02-28

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Abstract: Sympathetic remodeling after myocardial infarction is presented as denervation, sympathetic nerve sprouting and sympathetic hyperinnervation, and is closely related to ventricular tachyarrhythmias and even sudden cardiac death at convalescence in patients with myocardial infarction. This article reviews the anatomic structure, morphology and functional remodeling of cardiac sympathetic nerve, as well as its role in healed myocardial infarction identification, which may provide references for forensic research.

Key words: forensic pathology, myocardial infarction, death, sudden, cardiac, sympathetic remodeling, review