Right bundle-branch block and ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V3: A marker for sudden death in patients without demonstrable structural heart disease structural heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-460

  Brugada, Josep ^c   Brugada, Ramon ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0032502026     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.5.457     Document Type: Note

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