The importance of specialist cardiac histopathological examination in the investigation of young sudden cardiac deaths

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 899-907

  De Noronha, Sofia V ^a   Behr, Elijah R ^b   Papadakis, Michael ^b   Ohta Ogo, Keiko ^c   Banya, Winston ^c   Wells, Jemma ^a   Cox, Steve ^d   Cox, Alison ^d   Sharma, Sanjay ^b   Sheppard, Mary N ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Morphologically normal heart; Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome; Sudden cardiac death; Young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDITIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901819098     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut329     Document Type: Article

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