Assessment of markers for identifying patients at risk for life-threatening arrhythmic events in Brugada syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Ajiro, Youichi ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Late potential; Risk stratification; RMS40; Signal averaged electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PILSICAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHANNELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 12844249333     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.04313.x     Document Type: Article

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