'Brugada' syndrome: Clinical data and suggested pathophysiological mechanism

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 666-673

  Alings, Marco ^a,b   Wilde, Arthur ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Arrhythmia; Brugada syndrome; Death, sudden; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033537470     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.5.666     Document Type: Article

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