The syndrome of right bundle branch block ST segment elevation in V1 to V3 and sudden death - The Brugada syndrome

Europace

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 156-166

  Brugada, J ^a   Brugada, P ^b,d   Brugada, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Bundle branch block; Cardiac arrhythmias; Genetic diseases; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033157088     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0033     Document Type: Article

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