Brugada syndrome in pure black Africans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-426

  Bonny, Aimé ^a   Tonet, Joelci ^a   Fontaine, Guy ^a   Lacotte, Jérôme ^a   Coignard, Elisabeth ^a   Duthoit, Guillaume ^a   Hidden Lucet, Françoise ^a   Charron, Philippe ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^b   Frank, Robert ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41449097954     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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