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Aug 16, 2024 | jcp.bmj.com | Davide Radaelli |Joseph Westaby |Gherardo Finocchiaro |Gianfranco Sinagra

Sudden cardiac death with morphologically normal heart: always do toxicology Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Mar 18, 2024 | jcp.bmj.com | Davide Radaelli |Joseph Westaby |Gherardo Finocchiaro |Gianfranco Sinagra

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHTOXICOLOGYCardiovascular DiseasesBackgroundSudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as natural unexpected death occurring within <1 hour in witnessed cases and within <24 hours of last being seen alive in unwitnessed cases. To assess the cause of death, many guidelines have been produced1 and all toxicological investigation is essential. The term ‘sudden adult death syndrome’ (SADS) means an SCD where the heart is morphologically normal.

Mar 12, 2024 | heart.bmj.com | Robert Anderson |Joseph Westaby |Mary Sheppard

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Oct 3, 2023 | jacc.org | Gherardo Finocchiaro |Joseph Westaby |Mary Sheppard |Michael Papadakis

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