A Post-QRS Potential in Brugada Syndrome. Its Relation to Electrocardiographic Pattern and Possible Genesis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1720-1721

  Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Tagawa, Minoru ^a   Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Okada, Shinsuke ^a   Iijima, Kenichi ^a   Izumi, Daisuke ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Komura, Satoru ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILSICAINIDE; QUINIDINE;

ANAMNESIS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049148368     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.031     Document Type: Letter

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