Spontaneous electrocardiogram alterations predict ventricular fibrillation in Brugada syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1014-1021

  Take, Yutaka ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a,b   Wu, Jiashin ^b,c   Nagase, Satoshi ^a   Morita, Shiho ^a,b   Toh, Norihisa ^a   Nishii, Nobuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Kazufumi ^a   Kusano, Kengo F ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^d   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Sakakibara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiography; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

PILSICAINIDE; PINACIDIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79959955192     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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