Clinical Characteristics of Brugada Syndrome in a Korean Population

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 934-939

  Park, Duk Woo ^a   Nam, Gi Byoung ^a   Rhee, Kyoung Suk ^a   Han, Gi Hoon ^a   Choi, Kee Joon ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROVOCATION TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHEST PAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242542022     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.934     Document Type: Article

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