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Endocardial fibroelastosis as a cause of sudden unexpected death
1Department of Forensic Medicine--University of Ghent, Belgium.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|January 7, 2000
Abstract:
We present a case of primary endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) which had been diagnosed in a 16-year-old girl who died suddenly and unexpectedly. This exceptional cause of death in adolescence led to a short literature review comparing our findings with previous medicolegal reports.