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Biventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy with malignant arrhythmia as a cause of sudden death

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  1. Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, CZ-708 52, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Petr Handlos & Marie Staňková

  2. Department of Intensive Medicine and Forensic Studies, Ostrava University, CZ-703 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Petr Handlos & Marie Staňková

  3. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Handlos & Marek Joukal

  4. Pediatric Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, CZ-708 52, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Gruszka

  5. Department of Forensic Medicine and Medical Law, Faculty Hospital Olomouc, CZ-779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Klára Marecová

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Handlos, P., Gruszka, T., Staňková, M. et al. Biventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy with malignant arrhythmia as a cause of sudden death. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 13, 495–499 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9889-y

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