Contraction delay of the RV outflow tract in patients with Brugada syndrome is dependent on the spontaneous ST-segment elevation pattern

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1905-1912

  Rouzet, Franois ^a,b   Algalarrondo, Vincent ^c   Burg, Samuel ^a,b   Nassar, Pierre ^a,b   Sarda Mantel, Laure ^a,b   Aouate, Philip ^d   Frank, Robert ^c   Leenhardt, Antoine ^e,f   Fressart, Véronique ^g   Charron, Philippe ^g   Slama, Michel S ^c   Le Guludec, Dominique ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d Hôpital Lannec   (France)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f University of Paris   (France)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Conduction; Imaging; Radioisotopes; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHANNELS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 82455194854     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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