Sudden death due to ventricular septal defect

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-332

  Cohle, Stephen D ^a   Balraj, Elizabeth ^b   Bell, Michael ^c  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dade County Medical Examiner Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Infant; Sudden death; Sudden infant death; Ventricular heart septal defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

CARDIOMEGALY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0033002860     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900130     Document Type: Article

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