FORENSIC DIAGNOSIS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH ON THE BACKGROUND OF ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

The criteria of differential diagnosis of death from alcoholic cardiomyopathy and acute alcohol poisoning are proposed on the basis of the characteristic pathogmonic histological changes revealed in authors in the kaordiomyocytes. An attempt was made to create recommendations on the differential diagnosis of death from alcoholic cardiomyopathy and some other causes of death (acute alcohol poisoning, sudden death from coronary heart disease).