Multi-phase post-mortem CT-angiography: A pathologic correlation study on cardiovascular sudden death

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 855-865

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Frati, Paola ^b   Pascale, Natascha ^a   Pomara, Cristoforo ^a,c   Grilli, Giampaolo ^d   Viola, Rocco Valerio ^b   Fineschi, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Imaging; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART SIZE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI PHASE POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

EID: 84999880298     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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