New ECG criteria for high-risk Brugada syndrome

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-10

  Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; ECG criteria; Risk; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGISTER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037238958     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.8     Document Type: Article

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