Brugada syndrome: Syncope in the younger patient and the risk of sudden cardiac death

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 604-606

  Mills, A T D ^a   Dasan, Sunil ^a   Wan, A ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CAR DRIVING; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 23344451624     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.009845     Document Type: Article

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