Cardiac pathologic findings reveal a high rate of sudden cardiac death of undetermined etiology in younger women

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-639

  Chugh, Sumeet S ^a   Chung, Kiyon ^a   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^c   John, Benjamin ^a   Titus, Jack L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jesse E Edwards Registry of Cardiovascular Diseases   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0142057097     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00323-5     Document Type: Article

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