Ventricular fibrillation associated with complete right bundle branch block

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1028-1035

  Aizawa, Yoshiyasu ^a   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Kimura, Takehiro ^a   Nishiyama, Nobuhiro ^a   Fukumoto, Kotaro ^a   Tanimoto, Yoko ^a   Tanimoto, Kojiro ^a   Miyoshi, Shunichiro ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^b   Yokoyama, Yasuhiro ^c   Chinushi, Masaomi ^d   Watanabe, Ichiro ^e   Ogawa, Satoshi ^f   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^g   Antzelevitch, Charles ^h   Fukuda, Keiichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^g Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

^h MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Right bundle branch block; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

BEPRIDIL; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879502589     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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