Electrophysiologic testing predicts events in Brugada syndrome patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1595-1597

  Brugada, Josep ^a   Brugada, Ramon ^b   Brugada, Pedro ^c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Electrophysiological study; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

QUINIDINE;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 80053056357     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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