Long-term prognosis of asymptomatic individuals with spontaneous or drug-induced type 1 electrocardiographic phenotype of Brugada syndrome

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-349

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Weber, Reinhold ^b   Efremidis, Michael ^a   Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^c   Astheimer, Klaus ^b   Charalampous, Charalampos ^a   Tsikrikas, Spyros ^a   Fragakis, Nikolaos ^d   Kalusche, Dietrich ^b   Sideris, Antonios ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Brugada syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; FLECAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79955068544     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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