Sudden cardiac death associated with a coronary artery anomaly considered benign

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cittadini, Francesca ^a   Oliva, Antonio ^a   Arena, Vincenzo ^a   Senati, Massimo ^a   Pascali, Vincenzo L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circumflex coronary artery; Coronary; Left anterior descending artery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SWIMMING; VICTIM;

AUTOPSY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DROWNING; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449244001     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.124     Document Type: Article

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