Insights into the location of type i ECG in patients with Brugada syndrome: Correlation of ECG and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-421

  Veltmann, C ^a   Papavassiliu, T ^a   Konrad, T ^a   Doesch, C ^a   Kuschyk, J ^a   Streitner, F ^a   Haghi, D ^a   Michaely, H J ^a   Schoenberg, S O ^a   Borggrefe, M ^a   Wolpert, C ^b   Schimpf, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; Diagnosis; ECG; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857554704     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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