Sudden death in young adults: A 25-year review of autopsies in military recruits

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 829-834

  Eckart, Robert E ^a   Scoville, Stephanie L ^b   Campbell, Charles L ^b   Shry, Eric A ^b   Stajduhar, Karl C ^b   Potter, Robert N ^b   Pearse, Lisa A ^b   Virmani, Renu ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; AUTOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 10044237875     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-11-200412070-00005     Document Type: Review

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