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Subarterial ventricular septal defect in an infant with sudden unexpected death: cause or coincidence?
R W Byard1, A J Bourne, P S Adams
1Department of Histopathology, Adelaide Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia.
The American Journal of Cardiovascular Pathology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of unexpected death in a 3-month-old infant with a subarterial ventricular septal defect (VSD) is described. Although VSDs in medically stable infants are not usually associated with fatal outcome, this case and review of the literature suggest that a small percentage of such patients may have an increased risk of sudden death.