Sudden death from cardiac causes in children and young adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1039-1044

  Liberthson, Richard R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0029911747     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604183341607     Document Type: Review

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