Diagnosis and long-term follow-up of the Brugada syndrome in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 400-409

  Remme, C A ^a,b,c   Wever, E F D ^a   Wilde, A A M ^a,b   Derksen, R ^a   Hauer, R N W ^a  

^a Heart Lung Centre Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Follow up; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034936418     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2366     Document Type: Article

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