An updated approach to sudden cardiac death, the AECVP perspective

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¹ University Center of Legal Medicine Lausanne - Geneva, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. katarzyna.michaud@chuv.ch.
² Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's Medical School, London, UK.
⁵ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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Katarzyna Michaud et al. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;135(4):1555-1557.

doi: 10.1007/s00414-021-02551-w. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

¹ University Center of Legal Medicine Lausanne - Geneva, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. katarzyna.michaud@chuv.ch.
² Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's Medical School, London, UK.
⁵ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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Sudden cardiac death-update.
Markwerth P, Bajanowski T, Tzimas I, Dettmeyer R. Markwerth P, et al. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Mar;135(2):483-495. doi: 10.1007/s00414-020-02481-z. Epub 2020 Dec 21. Int J Legal Med. 2021. PMID: 33349905 Free PMC article. Review.

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