Drug-induced Brugada syndrome

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-160

  Goethals, Peter ^a   Debruyne, Philippe ^a   Saffarian, Majid ^a  

^a Sint Jan Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031726582     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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