Fever-induced Brugada pattern: How common is it and what does it mean?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1375-1382

  Adler, Arnon ^a   Topaz, Guy ^a   Heller, Karin ^b   Zeltser, David ^b   Ohayon, Tami ^b   Rozovski, Uri ^b   Halkin, Amir ^a   Rosso, Raphael ^a   Ben Shachar, Shay ^c   Antzelevitch, Charles ^d   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Fever; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOTIAPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BRUGADA SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883245297     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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