Pharmacological and device approach to therapy of inherited cardiac diseases associated with cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2000, Pages 41-47

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Baylor College of Medicine   (Spain)

^c OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Genetics; Long QT syndrome; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROCAINAMIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034471499     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jelc.2000.20322     Document Type: Article

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