Spontaneous electrocardiographic fluctuations in Brugada syndrome: Does it matter?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2493-2494

  Wilde, Arthur A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; FLECAINIDE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750287020     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl279     Document Type: Editorial

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