Myofiberbreak-up: A marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-441

  Baroldi, Giorgio ^a,b   Silver, Malcom D ^c   Parolini, Marina ^a,b   Pomara, Cristoforo ^d   Turillazzi, Emanuela ^d   Fineschi, Vittorio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac death; Myofiberbreak up; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 17044377512     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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