Type 1 electrocardiographic Brugada pattern in a woman with Chagas disease: A case report

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1345-1346

  Brito, Mitermayer R ^a   Miranda, Carlos Eduardo S ^a   Rabelo, Walter ^a   Marino, Roberto L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MADRE TERESA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956524946     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq129     Document Type: Article

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