Is right coronary artery hypoplasia and sudden death an underdiagnosed association?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-130

  Wick, Regula ^a,b   Otto, Sophie ^a   Byard, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Hypoplastic coronary artery; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASTIC CORONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 34547481947     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31805c93fd     Document Type: Article

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