Brugada syndrome occurring in an identical twin: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 111-115

  Sakabe, Masao ^a   Fujiki, Akira ^a   Tsuneda, Takayuki ^a   Nishida, Kunihiro ^a   Sugao, Masataka ^a   Mizumaki, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression (identical twin); Sudden death (Brugada syndrome); Ventricular fibrillation)

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; PILSICAINIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED NA+ CHANNEL NA(V)1.5A; VOLTAGE-GATED NA+ CHANNEL NA(V)1.5A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; GENETICS; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TWINS;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036725398     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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