Ventricular Fibrillation during Anesthesia in Association with J Waves in the Left Precordial Leads in a Child with Coarctation of the Aorta

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-343

  Horigome, Hitoshi ^a   Shigeta, Osamu ^b   Kuga, Keisuke ^b   Isobe, Takeshi ^b   Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^b   Yamaguchi, Iwao ^b   Matsui, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Brugada syndrome; Cardiac conduction disturbance; Child; J wave; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; ISOPRENALINE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; ORCIPRENALINE; THIAMYLAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; J WAVE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0242581507     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(03)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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