True right bundle branch block masking the typical ECG in Brugada syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-259

  Rolf, Sascha ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ajmaline challenge; Brugada syndrome; Right bundle branch; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AJMALINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 15344347339     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09476.x     Document Type: Article

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