EP testing does not predict cardiac events in Brugada syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1598-1600

  Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   Viskin, Sami ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Programmed electrical stimulation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80053088793     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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