Influence of age, gender, and prodromal symptoms on sudden death in a tertiary care hospital, eastern Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-86

  Nofal, Houssien Kamal ^a   Abdulmohsen, Mohammed Fakhry ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease; Coronary artery disease; Expected death; Sudden cardiac death; Sudden death; Sudden infant death syndrome; Unexpected sudden death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892675759     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-1683.71989     Document Type: Article

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