Modified cardiectomy: Documenting sudden cardiac death in hearts selected for valve allograft procurement

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-141

  Wetli, Charles V ^a,b,e   Kolovich, Richard M ^a,c   Dinhofer, Lisa ^a,d  

^a Office of the Medical Examiner for Suffolk County   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Allograph   (United States)

^d New York Organ Donor Network   (United States)

^e Center for Forensic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart valve allograft; Tissue donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036260416     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200206000-00005     Document Type: Article

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