Brugada syndrome whose ST-segment changes were enhanced by antihistamines and antiallergenic drugs

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1009-1013

  Matsuki, Motoki ^a   Sato, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsuda, Kanako ^a   Yamaki, Masaru ^a   Nakagawa, Naoki ^a   Sakamoto, Naka ^a   Ota, Hisanobu ^a   Tanabe, Yasuko ^a   Takeuchi, Toshiharu ^a   Akasaka, Kazumi ^a   Kawamura, Yuichiro ^a   Hasebe, Naoyuki ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiallergenic drugs; Antihistamines; Brugada syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHLORCYCLIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; EPINASTINE; FEXOFENADINE; PILSICAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; SIDE EFFECT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECZEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 67650034201     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2067     Document Type: Article

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