Brugada syndrome: 12 Years of progression

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 255-261

  Hong, Kui ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^b   Brugada, Josep ^c   Ohe, Tohru ^d   Brugada, Ramon ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cardiovasc Res Teach Inst Aalst   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Genetics; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 13144283674     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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