What do we know about the "malignant form" of early repolarization?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 863-868

  Adler, Arnon ^a   Rosso, Raphael ^a   Viskin, Dana ^a   Halkin, Amir ^a   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

athletes; early repolarization; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HORIZONTAL ST SEGMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; RAPIDLY ASCENDING ST SEGMENT; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

ATHLETES; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ER; MI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VF;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84883212170     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.054     Document Type: Review

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