Syncope due to Brugada syndrome in a young athlete

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-181

  Esperer, Hans D ^a   Hoos, Olaf ^b   Hottenrott, Kuno ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; REPOLARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34247128995     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030098     Document Type: Article

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