Fever-triggered ventricular arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome and type 2 long-QT syndrome

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-169

  Amin, A S ^a   Klemens, C A ^a,b   Verkerk, A O ^a   Meregalli, P G ^a   Asghari Roodsari, A ^a,b   De Bakker, J M T ^a,b   January, C T ^c   Wilde, A A M ^a,d   Tan, H L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Heart Failure Research Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Fever; Long QT syndrome; Tachycardia; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG QT SYNDROME; PULSE RATE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 77949626403     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03091755     Document Type: Article

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