Tpeak-Tend interval and Tpeak-T end/QT ratio as markers of ventricular tachycardia inducibility in subjects with Brugada ECG phenotype

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-159

  Lambiase, Pier D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AJMALINE;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE MARKER; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 76749116771     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup424     Document Type: Editorial

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