Aetiology of sudden cardiac death in sport: A histopathologist's perspective

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Sheppard, Mary N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORONER; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SPORTS; THORACIC INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869010257     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091415     Document Type: Article

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