Link between SCN5A mutation and the Brugada syndrome ECG phenotype: Simulation study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-575

  Miyoshi, Shunichiro ^a   Mitamura, Hideo ^a   Fukuda, Yukiko ^a   Tanimoto, Kojiro ^a   Hagiwara, Yoko ^a   Kanki, Hideaki ^a   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Murata, Mitsushige ^a   Miyazaki, Toshihisa ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Computers; Electrocardiogram; Electrophysiology; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

PILSICAINIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SCN5A GENE; SODIUM CURRENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 21144469749     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.567     Document Type: Article

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