Transient local changes in right ventricular monophasic action potentials due to ajmaline in a patient with Brugada syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1010-1015

  Eckardt, Lars ^a,b   Kirchhof, Paulus ^a   Johna, Robert ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ajmaline; Brugada syndrome; Monophasic action potential; RS T segment

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032992781     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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