Causes of sudden cardiac death in young Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Doolan, Alessandra ^a,b   Langlois, Neil ^c   Semsarian, Christopher ^a,b  

^a Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0842330519     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05830.x     Document Type: Article

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