Sudden death due to truncus arteriosus - A case report

Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-306

  Sirbu, Adrian ^a   Sirbu, Dana ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE MINA MINOVICI   (Romania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congenital cardiovascular anomaly; Mortality; Truncus arteriosus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX DEFORMITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 1642528906     PISSN: 12218618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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