Effect of sodium-channel blockade on early repolarization in inferior/lateral leads in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and Brugada syndrome

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Kawata, Hiro ^a,b   Noda, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Yuko ^a   Okamura, Hideo ^a   Satomi, Kazuhiro ^a   Aiba, Takeshi ^a   Takaki, Hiroshi ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Early repolarization; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; J wave; Sodium channel blocker; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84655168040     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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