The prevalence and relevance of the Brugada-type electrocardiogram in the Danish general population: Data from the Copenhagen City Heart Study

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 982-986

  Pecini, Redi ^a   Cedergreen, Pernille ^a   Theilade, Simone ^a   Haunsø, Stig ^a   Theilade, Juliane ^a   Jensen, Gorm B ^b,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; ECG; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRUGADA SYNDROME; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUGADA SYNDROME; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955005116     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq077     Document Type: Article

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