Comparison of Necropsy Findings in Patients With Sarcoidosis Dying Suddenly from Cardiac Sarcoidosis Versus Dying Suddenly from Other Causes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 571-577

  Tavora, Fabio ^a   Cresswell, Nathaniel ^a   Li, Ling ^b,c   Ripple, Mary ^b,c   Solomon, Carol ^a   Burke, Allen ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 67849092850     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.068     Document Type: Article

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