Prevalence of the Brugada syndrome in an apparently healthy population

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Hermida, Jean Sylvain ^a   Lemoine, Jean Luc ^b   Aoun, Fadi Bou ^a   Jarry, Geneviève ^a   Rey, Jean Luc ^a   Quiret, Jean Claude ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Assoc Pour Les Serv Medicaux I   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034237615     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00835-3     Document Type: Article

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