Electrocardiographic findings typical of Brugada syndrome unmasked by cocaine consumption;Patrón electrocardiográfico de Brugada desenmascarado por consumo de cocaína

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1355-1357

  Daga, Berta ^a   Miñano, Antonio ^a   de la Puerta, Iris ^a   Pelegrín, Juana ^a   Rodrigo, Gonzalo ^a   Ferreira, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cocaine; Flecainide test

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; FLECAINIDE; LORAZEPAM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 30044436191     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1885-5857(06)60424-6     Document Type: Article

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