Ischemia-induced prominent J waves in a patient with brugada syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1979-1982

  Yagihara, Nobue ^a   Sato, Akinori ^a   Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Hirono, Takashi ^b   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Shirone Kensei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; J wave; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; ERGOMETRINE MALEATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; J WAVE; MALE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 77957951369     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3933     Document Type: Article

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