Conduction system abnormalities in alcoholics with asymptomatic valvular disease who suffer sudden death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 212-219

  Nishida, Naoki ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a   Esaki, Rie ^a   Kudo, Keiko ^a   Tsuji, Akiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol abusers; Conduction system; Mild Ebstein's anomaly; Mitral valve disorder; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0242406846     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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