Sudden stop in effective blood flow due to the failure of the heart to contract effectively

On insufficiency of the aortic valves, in connection with sudden death : with notes, historical and critical / by John Cockle.

Betrachtungen über den plötzlichen Tod Herzkranker im Schlafe / von M. Heitler.

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Death, Sudden, Cardiac

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On insufficiency of the aortic valves, in connection with sudden death : with notes, historical and critical / by John Cockle.

Betrachtungen über den plötzlichen Tod Herzkranker im Schlafe / von M. Heitler.