Alcohol-induced Ventricular Fibrillation in Brugada Syndrome

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-35

  Hayashi, Takekuni ^a   Mitani, Haruo ^b   Goto, Kosaku ^b   Ishimura, Rieko ^b   Tao, Susumu ^b   Ito, Sachiko ^b   Masuda, Jun ^b   Fujimoto, Hajime ^b   Fujimoto, Yo ^b   Ishiwata, Sugao ^b   Yamaguchi, Tetsu ^b   Ohno, Minoru ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diagnostic criteria; Sodium channel blocker; Ventricular Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251531018     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.25.32     Document Type: Article

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