Reducing sudden death in young people in Australia and New Zealand: The TRAGADY initiative

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 539-540

  Skinner, Jon R ^a   Duflou, Johan A ^b,c   Semsarian, Christopher ^d,e  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CALCIUM CHANNELOPATHY; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC RISK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CHANNELOPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 57149087496     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02173.x     Document Type: Editorial

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