Sudden adult death syndrome and other non-ischaemic causes of sudden cardiac death
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Sudden adult death syndrome and other non-ischaemic causes of sudden cardiac death.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate non-atherosclerotic cardiac deaths in the UK population aged over 15 years including elderly patients and to highlight the concept of the structurally normal heart in sudden death. METHODS Pathological data were collected prospectively for sudden adult deaths referred by UK coroners. RESULTS 453 cases of sudden death from 1994 to 2003 (278 men (61.4%) and 175 women (38...
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Mailing Address: André Schmidt • Avenida dos Bandeirantes n 3900 Bairro Campus Universitario Monte Alegre Postal Code 14048-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Manuscript received May 23, 2013; revised manuscript July 03, 2013; accepted December 17, 2013.
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045518