New electrocardiographic leads and the procainamide test for the detection of the Brugada sign in sudden unexplained death syndrome survivors and their relatives

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2290-2296

  Sangwatanaroj, Somkiat ^a   Prechawat, S ^a   Sunsaneewitayakul, B ^a   Sitthisook, S ^a   Tosukhowong, P ^a   Tungsanga, K ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Electrocardiographic leads; Procainamide; Sudden unexplained death syndrome; The Brugada sign; The Brugada syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PATIENT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROCAINAMIDE; THAILAND;

EID: 0035658243     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2691     Document Type: Article

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