Diagnostic yield in sudden unexplained death and aborted cardiac arrest in the young: the experience of a tertiary referral center in The Netherlands.

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Published in Heart Rhythm on May 31, 2010

Authors

Christian van der Werf1, Nynke Hofman, Hanno L Tan, Pascal F van Dessel, Marielle Alders, Allard C van der Wal, Irene M van Langen, Arthur A M Wilde

Author Affiliations

1: Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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