Anatomopathological changes of the cardiac conduction system in sudden cardiac death, particularly in infants: advances over the last 25 years

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 489-499

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a,b   Buja, L Maximilian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory pathways; Arrhythmias; Cardiac conduction system; Sudden cardiac death; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden intrauterine unexpected death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEGENERATION; FETUS DEATH; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; MEDLINE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN INTRAUTERINE UNEXPECTED DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZAHN NODE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84986325249     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2016.08.005     Document Type: Review

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