Coronary fibromuscular dysplasia and sudden death - Case report and literature review

Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-172

  Curca, George Cristian ^a   Sarbu, Nicolae ^a   Dermengiu, Dan ^a   Dermengiu, Silvia ^a   Martius, Elisa ^a   Rusu, Mugurel ^b   Hostiuc, Sorin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE MINA MINOVICI   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Coronary fibromuscular dysplasia; Myocardial infarction; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 72749127147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 12218618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4323/rjlm.2009.165     Document Type: Review

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