Clinical aspects of the early repolarization syndrome: A 2011 update

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-195

  Stern, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

early repolarization; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; sudden death

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; QUINIDINE; VERAPAMIL;

ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY REPOLARIZATION SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART DEATH; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATHLETES; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79955040175     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2011.00429.x     Document Type: Review

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