Negative flecainide test in Brugada syndrome patients with previous positive response

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 899-900

  Abello, Mauricio ^a   Merino, José L ^a   Peinado, Rafael ^a   Gnoatto, Mariana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Flecainide

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33749670848     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul087     Document Type: Article

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