Sudden cardiac death in forensic medicine-Swiss recommendations for a multidisciplinary approach

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wilhelm, Matthias ^a   Bolliger, Stephan A ^b   Bartsch, Christine ^b   Fokstuen, Siv ^c   Gräni, Christoph ^a   Martos, Viktor ^b   Domingo, Argelia Medeiros ^a   Osculati, Antonio ^d,e   Rieubland, Claudine ^f   Sabatasso, Sara ^g   Saguner, Ardan ^h   Schyma, Christian ^f   Tschui, Joelle ^f   Wyler, Daniel ⁱ   Bhuiyan, Zahurul A ^j   Fellmann, Florence ^j   Michaud, Katarzyna ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Service of Legal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

^j LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Forensic autopsy; Genetic counselling; Post mortem genetic testing; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SWISS; AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FAMILY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; SWITZERLAND;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FAMILY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84936797993     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14129     Document Type: Article

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