Sudden death and isolated right ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: Report of 2 autopsied adult cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-227

  Ilyas, Sadaf ^a   Ganote, Charles ^a   Lajoie, Dawn ^a   Robertson, Julie ^b   Cline Parhamovich, Karen ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Johnson City Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Forensic autopsy; Right ventricular noncompaction; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; ARTICLE;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84883287495     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3182a0a46c     Document Type: Article

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