The Brugada syndrome

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-91

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

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiovasc Res Teach Inst Aalst   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Genetic defects; Repolarization abnormalities; Right bundle branch block; Sodium channel; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmias; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINIDINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0034019816     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2000.tb00251.x     Document Type: Review

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