Iatrogenic deaths following treatment for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: Case reports and an approach to the autopsy and death certification

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Batalis, Nick I ^a,b   Harley, Russell A ^a   Collins, Kim A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death; Forensic pathology; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Therapy related

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 33644847486     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000188096.28402.c9     Document Type: Article

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