Sudden death after myocardial infarction in a high-school athlete

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1378-1379

  Sivridis, Efthimios ^a   Pavlidis, Pavlos ^a   Stamos, Charilaos ^a   Giatromanolaki, Alexandra ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

coronary artery hypoplasia; forensic science; myocardial infarction; orifice stenosis; young athlete

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 77956335782     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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