ST Segment Elevation and Sudden Death in the Athlete

The Brugada Syndrome: From Bench to Bedside

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 119-129

  Corrado, Domenico ^a   Pelliccia, Antonio ^b   Antzelevitch, Charles ^c   Leoni, Loira ^d   Schiavon, Maurizio ^e   Buja, Gianfranco ^a   Maron, Barry ^f   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Institute of Sport Science   (Italy)

^c MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Division of Sports Medicine   (Italy)

^f MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenesis; Brugada syndrome; Stsegment elevation; Sudden death during sports; Sudden death in young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749040780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470994900.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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