Sudden cardiac death due to anomalous origin of the right coronary artery: A case report in a child [10]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-428

  Fineschi, V ^a   Maresi, E ^b   Di Padua, M ^a   Riezzo, I ^a   Neri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin right coronary artery; Contraction band necrosis; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEATH; HISTOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644772492     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.076     Document Type: Article

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