Is there still a role for cardiac autopsy in 2007?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Aiello, Vera Demarchi ^a   Debich Spicer, Diane ^b   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Medical education; Post mortem examination

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 36949000243     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001205     Document Type: Article

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