Brugada syndrome in the elderly in Taiwan - Report of two cases

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-67

  Juang, Jyh Ming ^a   Lai, Ling Ping ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Chiang, Fu Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Elder population; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TAIWAN;

EID: 20844452055     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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