THE DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA BY THE HEMATOXYLIN BASIC FUCHSIN-PICRIC ACID STAINING / 中国法医学杂志

The early histological myocardial ischemic changes in both experimental rabbitsand forensic caseworks of sudden death were demonstrated by the hematoxylin basicfuchsin-picric acid staining method.After the ligation of the coronary artery,therewere discrete patchy fuchsin-stained fibers which in contrast with the normal fibersof light-brown color.The number of fuchsin-stained fibers increased with the pro-longation of the intervals after ischemia.The results were not affected by the post-mortem autolysis.We consider that this method can be used as a routine test ofearly myocardial ischemia in both clinico-pathology and forensic pathology.