A treatable cause of aborted sudden cardiac death

Kapoor, Aditya; Wells, Timothy A; Wong, Daniel; O’Shea, John P

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01186.x

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To the Editor: Awareness about atypical and malignant modes of presentation of a clinical condition can avoid catastrophic outcomes, assist in correct diagnosis in the appropriate clinical setting and, as typified by the following case, offer complete cure.

Department of Cardiology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA.

Correspondence: akapoor65@gmail.com

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