Characteristics of Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation Associated With Inferolateral Early Repolarization. Role of Drug Therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 612-619

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^g   Komiya, Nohiriro ^h   Bernard, Anne ^b   Probst, Vincent ^c   Yli Mayry, Sinikka ^l   Defaye, Pascal ^d   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ⁱ   Frank, Robert ^e   Mantovan, Roberto ^j   Cappato, Riccardo ^k   Wolpert, Christian ^m   Leenhardt, Antoine ^e   de Roy, Luc ^q   Heidbuchel, Hein ^p   Deisenhofer, Isabel ⁿ   Arentz, Thomas ^o   Pasquié, Jean Luc ^f   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Bordachar, Pierre ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Section of Radiology   (France)

^f MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Treviso General Hospital   (Italy)

^k IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^l TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁿ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o Heart Centre Bad Krozingen   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^q Clinique MontGodinne   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drugs; early repolarization; electrical storm; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROQUINIDINE; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PILSICAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPOLARIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUINIDINE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 59649112851     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.10.044     Document Type: Article

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