Sudden death due to single coronary artery

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-575

  Turkmen N ^a   Eren, Bülent ^a   Fedakar, R ^a   Senel, B ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Coronary artery; Single coronary artery; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34250863936     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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