Flecainide and propafenone induced ST-segment elevation in patients with atrial fibrillation: Clue to specificity of Brugada-type electrocardiographic changes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1184-1185

  Beldner, Stuart ^a   Lin, David ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLECAINIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROPAFENONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7044260545     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.091     Document Type: Article

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