Frequency of cardiac events at four years among initially asymptomatic Filipinos with the Brugada type 1 electrocardiographic pattern

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-716

  Domingo, Giselle Gervacio ^a   Jocson, Gabriel ^a   Dans, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA TYPE 1 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEIZURE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TELEPHONE; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951577182     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.047     Document Type: Article

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