Some electrocardiographic patterns predicting sudden cardiac death that every doctor should recognize

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-484

  Brugada, P ^a,b   Geelen, P ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PREDICTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031431771     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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