Relation between basic and clinical electrophysiologic characteristics in Brugada syndrome: Facts or fiction?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 412-414

  Wilde, Arthur A M ^a,b   Tan, Hanno L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCN5A GENE; SODIUM CURRENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEVER; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0038637783     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03055.x     Document Type: Review

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