Postmortem Serum Tryptase Levels with Special Regard to Acute Cardiac Deaths
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DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13420
Abstract: An elevated serum tryptase concentration is considered a specific marker for systemic mast cell activation, a central feature of anaphylaxis. However, in some cases of acute cardiovascular death, high concentrations of serum tryptase are also… read more here.
Keywords: tryptase; group; postmortem serum; cardiac deaths ... See more keywords
Sudden cardiac deaths: one-off screening misses cardiomyopathies in young footballers
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3474
Abstract: One-off cardiac screening at age 16 failed to detect most cardiomyopathies associated with sudden cardiac deaths in adolescent footballers, a large UK cohort study has found.1 But results from the 20 year study also showed… read more here.
Keywords: young footballers; sudden cardiac; one screening; study ... See more keywords