Identification of high-risk brugada syndrome patients by combined analysis of late potential and T-wave amplitude variability on ambulatory electrocardiograms

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 610-618

  Yoshioka, Koichiro ^a   Amino, Mari ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   Shima, Makiyoshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Atsushi ^a   Fujii, Toshiharu ^a   Kanda, Shigetaka ^a   Deguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Ikari, Yuji ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^b   Tanabe, Teruhisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiogram; Brugada syndrome; Circadian periodicity; Late potential; T wave amplitude variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEAT SYNCOPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84874421517     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0932     Document Type: Article

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