Clinical characteristics of unexplained sudden cardiac death in Korea

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-22

  Cho, J G ^a   Park, H W ^a   Rhew, J Y ^a   Lee, S R ^a   Chung, W K ^a   Park, O Y ^a   Kim, W ^a   Kim, K H ^a   Kang, K T ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Kim, N H ^a   Park, J C ^a   Ahn, Y K ^a   Jeong, M H ^a   Kang, J C ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Unexplained sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0035167176     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.18     Document Type: Article

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