The usefulness of the consensus clinical diagnostic criteria in Brugada syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2700-2704

  Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Boussy, Tim ^a   Casado Arroyo, Ruben ^a   Yazaki, Yoshinao ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Namdar, Mehdi ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Brugada, Josep ^b   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Consensus statement; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FAINTNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONSENSUS STATEMENT; DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883778471     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.115     Document Type: Article

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