Brugada syndrome unmasked by accidental inhalation of gasoline vapors

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1294-1298

  Kranjčec, Darko ^a   Bergovec, Mijo ^a   Rougier, Jean Sébastien ^b   Raguz, Miroslav ^a   Pavlovic, Sonja ^a   Jespersen, Thomas ^b   Castella, Vincent ^b   Keller, Dagmar I ^c   Abriel, Hugues ^b,d  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cellular electrophysiology; SCN5A; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUTANT; NAUSEA; SCN5A GENE; SYNCOPE; VAPOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRUGADA SYNDROME; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34848813166     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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