Prevalence, clinical characteristics and management of atrial fibrillation in patients with brugada syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-367

  Rodríguez Mañero, Moisés ^a   Namdar, Mehdi ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Casado Arroyo, Rubén ^a   Ricciardi, Danilo ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Wauters, Kristel ^a   Rao, Jayakeerthi Y ^a   Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Van Malderen, Sophie ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BELGIUM; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872361070     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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