Fever unmasking the Brugada syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1646-1648

  Porres, José Manuel ^a   Brugada, Josep ^b   Urbistondo, Vicente ^a   García, Francisco ^a   Reviejo, Karlos ^a   Marco, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic defibrillator; Brugada syndrome; Fever

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; SYNCOPE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036856197     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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