Relationships between depolarization abnormality and repolarization abnormality in patients with Brugada syndrome: Using body surface signal-averaged electrocardiography and body surface maps

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 870-876

  Hisamatsu, Kenichi ^a   Kusano, Kengo Fukushima ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Takenaka, Shiho ^a   Nagase, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazufumi ^a   Emori, Tetsuro ^a   Matsubara, Hiromi ^b   Mikouchi, Hiroshi ^b   Nishizaki, Yoshitomo ^b   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Depolarization abnormality; Repolarization abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 4444226197     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03675.x     Document Type: Article

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