Evidence at autopsy of spasm in the distal right coronary artery in persons with coronary heart disease dying suddenly

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 336-343

  Mortensen, Elin S ^a   Rognum, Torleiv O ^b   Straume, Bjørn ^a   Jørgensen, Leif ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Forensic autopsy series; Myocardial infarction; Spasm of coronary arteries; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 36048983799     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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