Study of the extent of the information of cardiologists from São Paulo City, Brazil, regarding a low-prevalence entity: Brugada syndrome

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 352-363

  Pérez Riera, Andrés Ricardo ^a   Filho, Celso F ^a   Uchida, Augusto H ^b   Zhang, Li ^c   Antzelevitch, Charles ^d   Schapachnik, Edgardo ^e   Dubner, Sergio ^f   Ferreira, Celso ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^f Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Service   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Professional academic profile; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOLOGIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 54349129376     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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