A case of vasospastic angina presenting Brugada-type ECG abnormalities

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 493-495

  Itoh, Eiichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Kaoru ^a   Tanabe, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a Shibata Hospital   (Japan)

^b Shibata Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Coronary spasm; Syncope; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILTIAZEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032977793     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.493     Document Type: Article

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