Unexpected sudden death of a 12-year-old male with congenital single coronary artery

Forensic Science International

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-181

  Ohshima, T ^a   Lin, Z ^a   Sato, Y ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Maternal transmission; Single coronary artery; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030607252     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)01993-7     Document Type: Article

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