Sudden death in children
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Children
Sudden cardiac death is defined as unexpected death from cardiac causes early after or without the onset of symptoms. Having in mind that acute myocarditis may be a rare cause of sudden cardiac death in children, we have undertaken the following study: clinical, macroscopical and histopathological characteristics of the myocardium of two autopsied children who died suddenly. A number of myocard...
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عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh170113114d