Lesson of the week: Variable presentation of Brugada syndrome: Lessons from three generations with syncope

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7398, 2003, Pages 1078-1079

  Plunkett, Adrian ^a   Hulse, J A ^a   Mishra, B ^a   Gill, J ^b  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037903326     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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