The prevalence, incidence and prognostic value of the Brugada-type electrocardiogram: A population-based study of four decades

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 765-770

  Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a,b   Akahoshi, Masazumi ^b   Nakashima, Eiji ^b   Suyama, Akihiko ^b   Seto, Shinji ^a   Hayano, Motonobu ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034847364     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01421-8     Document Type: Article

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