Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death;Linee Guida per lo studio autoptico della morte improvvisa cardiaca

Pathologica

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-404

  Basso, C ^a   Burke, M ^b   Fornes, P ^c   Gallagher, P J ^d   De Gouveia, R H ^e   Sheppard, M ^f   Thiene, G ^a   Van Der Wal, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Guidelines; Protocol; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951596179     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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