Prevalence of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in a cohort of 115 patients with Brugada syndrome

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-269

  Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Giustetto, Carla ^b   Eckardt, Lars ^c   Veltmann, Christian ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b   Breithardt, Günter ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Brugada syndrome; Primary electrical disease; Sudden cardiac death; Supraventricular tachycardias; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 47349096248     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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