Implementation of post-mortem examinations within a large population-based cohort: results from the Hamburg City Health Study
Conducting systematic conventional autopsies in large, population-based cohorts is feasible but presents logistical and ethical challenges. Conventional autopsies often confirmed clinical diagnoses. Still, relevant discrepancies and ambiguities remained, in which conventional autopsy findings added relevant information for crucial clarification. Incorporating conventional autopsy findings enhances the accuracy of mortality data and strengthens epidemiological outcome assessments.
Authors
- Raphael Twerenbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-6542)
- Sven Anders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-5022)
- Alena Haack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-1126)
- J. Albrecht
- Lotta M. Borger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0747-4163)
- Maria Luisa Benesch Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2303-7976)
- Benjamin Ondruschka
- Laura Dorothea Keil
- Peter Moritz Becher
- Stefan Blankenberg
- Julia Munzinger
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Research in Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-025-02829-8
- Primary Topic
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00