Neurally mediated susceptibility in individuals with Brugada-type ECG pattern

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-421

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Efremidis, Michalis ^a   Gavrielatos, Gerasimos ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^a   Sideris, Antonios ^a   Kardaras, Fotios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Head up tilt test; Neurally mediated syncope

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 41549146263     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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