Sudden cardiac death from parvovirus B19 myocarditis in a young man with Brugada syndrome

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-13

  Juhasz, Zoltan ^a   Tiszlavicz, Laszlo ^a   Kele, Beatrix ^a   Terhes, Gabriella ^a   Deak, Judit ^a   Rudas, Laszlo ^a   Kereszty, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Myocarditis; Parvovirus; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FAINTNESS; FATALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NECROSIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATRIAL SEPTUM; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NECROSIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900420357     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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