Is the Brugada syndrome a distinct clinical entity?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

polymorphous ventricular tachycardia; primary ventricular fibrillation; right bundle branch block; right ventricular dysplasia; ST segment elevation; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030937271     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00797.x     Document Type: Review

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