Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse—An Unrecognized Public Health Issue?
Sudden arrhythmic cardiac death can occur in chronic misusers of alcohol. The only findings at post mortem are fatty liver and a negative or low blood alcohol. This is an under-recognized entity. Coroner‘s post mortems in a typical UK city were studied. Seven out of 1,292 (0.5%) post mortems were de...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2009-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/12/3070/ |