Bradycardia-dependent ECG changes in Brugada syndrome

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 896-901

  Mizumaki, Koichi ^a   Fujiki, Akira ^a   Nishida, Kunihiro ^a   Sakabe, Masao ^a   Tsuneda, Takayuki ^a   Sugao, Masataka ^a   Iwamoto, Jotaro ^a   Nagasawa, Hidehiko ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Heart rate; QT interval; ST segment elevation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RR INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33745552612     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.896     Document Type: Article

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