Morphological identification of right ventricular failure in cases of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Fracasso, Tony ^a   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^a   Sauerland, Cristina ^a   Schmeling, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cor pulmonale; Acute pulmonary hypertension; Immunohistochemistry; Ischemic damage; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NECROSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 78651281212     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0486-9     Document Type: Article

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