The value of a family history of sudden death in patients with diagnostic type i Brugada ECG pattern

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2153-2160

  Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Sorgente, Antonio ^a   Boussy, Tim ^a   Casado, Ruben ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Capulzini, Lucio ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Yazaki, Yoshinao ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Coomans, Danny ^a   Brugada, Josep ^b   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Family history; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052475176     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr129     Document Type: Article

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