Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death in Young People

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 129-133

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Nava, Andrea ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Rossi, Lino ^a   Pennelli, Natale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0023848617     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198801213180301     Document Type: Article

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