Structure of the human tricuspid valve leaflets and its chordae tendineae in unexpected death. A forensic autopsy study of 400 cases

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1051-1059

  Kocak, Aytac ^a   Govsa, Figen ^a   Aktas, Ekin O ^a   Boydak, Bahar ^a   Yavuz, Ismail C ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SUDDEN DEATH; TRICUSPID VALVE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; TURKEY;

EID: 4544304748     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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