Fever increases the risk for cardiac arrest in the Brugada syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-218

  Amin, Ahmad S ^a   Meregalli, Paola G ^a   Bardai, Abdennasser ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   Tan, Hanno L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARREST; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCN5A GENE; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49049104417     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00020     Document Type: Article

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