Early repolarization patterns: The good, the bad, and the ugly?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-231

  Hoogendijk, Mark G ^a,b   Potse, Mark ^c,d   Coronel, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84856213212     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.09.064     Document Type: Editorial

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