Brugada sign unmasking the location of an acute myocardial infarction

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 708-710

  Siniorakis, Eftychios ^a   Arvanitakis, Spyridon ^a   Prokovas, Eftychios ^a   Psatheris, Georgios ^a   Exadactylos, Nikos ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Brugada sign; Electrocardiogram; Procainamide

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 77953745132     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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