Sudden cardiac death: A 2400-year-old diagnosis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Mirchandani, Sunil ^a   Phoon, Colin K L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocrates; History of medicine; Sudden cardiac death; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADAMS STOKES ATTACK; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0038747980     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00517-X     Document Type: Article

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