Current electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of Brugada pattern: A consensus report

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-442

  Bayés De Luna, Antonio ^a   Brugada, Josep ^b   Baranchuk, Adrian ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^d   Breithardt, Guenter ^e   Goldwasser, Diego ^a   Lambiase, Pier ^f   Riera, Andrés Pérez ^g   Garcia Niebla, Javier ^h   Pastore, Carlos ⁱ   Oreto, Giuseppe ^j   McKenna, William ^f   Zareba, Wojciech ^k   Brugada, Ramon ^l   Brugada, Pedro ^m  

^a Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^h Instituto Do Coraçao ^*

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; R' in V1; ST elevation

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84865494001     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.06.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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