Prevalence of a brugada pattern electrocardiogram in an Urban population in the United States

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-708

  Patel, Sandeep S ^a   Anees, Syed S ^a   Ferrick, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Brugada type pattern; ECG

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 66949112218     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02354.x     Document Type: Article

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