Sudden adult death syndrome and other non-ischaemic causes of sudden cardiac death

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-320

  Fabre, A ^b   Sheppard, Mary N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644560307     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045518     Document Type: Review

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