Brugada pattern electrocardiogram associated with supratherapeutic phenytoin levels and the risk of sudden death

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 713-715

  Aloul, Basel Al ^a   Adabag, A Selcuk ^a,b   Houghland, Mark A ^a   Tholakanahalli, Venkatakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Electrophysiology clinical

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYTOIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247517346     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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