Increase in sudden death from coronary artery disease in young adults

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 574-580

  Arzamendi, Dabit ^a   Benito, Begoña ^a   Tizon Marcos, Helena ^b   Flores, Jose ^a   Tanguay, Jean François ^a   Ly, Hung ^a   Doucet, Serge ^a   Leduc, Louis ^c   Leung, Tack Ki ^a   Campuzano, Oscar ^d   Iglesias, Anna ^d   Talajic, Mario ^a   Brugada, Ramon ^d,e  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952384682     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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