Atrial electrophysiological abnormality in patients with Brugada syndrome assessed by P-wave signal-averaged ECG and programmed atrial stimulation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1574-1579

  Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Takagi, Yasuhiro ^a   Okubo, Kimie ^a   Hashimoto, Kenichi ^a   Shindo, Atsushi ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial vulnerability; Brugada syndrome; Filtered P wave duration; Signal averaged electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33751429687     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1574     Document Type: Article

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