Prevalence of early repolarization pattern in inferolateral leads in patients with Brugada syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1685-1689

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^b   Probst, Vincent ^c,d   Weber, Reinhold ^a   Knecht, Sébastien ^b   Kalusche, Dietrich ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^b   Arentz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Early repolarization syndrome; Sudden cardiac death; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HAZARD RATIO; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59749097090     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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