The negative autopsy: Sudden cardiac death or other?

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 219-222

  Cohle, Stephen D ^a   Sampson, Barbara A ^b  

^a MC 444 ^*  (United States)

^b Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Long QT syndrome; Pathology; sudden; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL RECORDS;

EID: 0034780262     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(01)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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