Is there an overlap between Brugada syndrome and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-263

  Pérez Riera, Andrés Ricardo ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^b   Schapacknik, Edgardo ^c   Dubner, Sergio ^d   Ferreira, Celso ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^d Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

"Acquired" forms of Brugada entity; Brugada syndrome; Concealed forms of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy dysplasia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 3P; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEATH; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCN5A GENE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

EID: 21244477505     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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