Sudden death due to electrical causes in individuals without demonstrable structural cardiac disease. Experience in Cuba;Muerte súbita por causa eléctrica en sujetos sin enfermedad cardíaca estructural demostrable. Experiencia Cubana

Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Dorantes Sánchez, Margarita ^a,b   Castro Hevia, Jesús ^a   Tornés Bárzaga, Francisco ^a   Quiñones Pérez, Miguel Angel ^a   Zayas Molina, Roberto ^a   Dorticós Balea, Francisco ^a  

^a Inst Cardiol Cardiovasc Surg   (Cuba)

^b Inst Cardiol/Cirugia Cardiovasc ^*  (Cuba)

Author keywords

Malignant arrhythmias; Normal heart; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13444292845     PISSN: 14059940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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