Sudden cardiac death in a young woman: Tumor of the atrioventricular (AV) node or citalopram intoxication?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-351

  Vinter, Søren ^a   Isaksen, Christin ^a   Vesterby, Annie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Citalopram intoxication; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CITALOPRAM; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; B72.3 ANTIBODY; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CANCER ANTIBODY; KERATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSCOPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PETECHIA; RESUSCITATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUDDEN DEATH; BLOOD; COITUS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CITALOPRAM; COITUS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATINS;

EID: 33644844618     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000188200.66211.8b     Document Type: Article

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