Brugada ECG pattern: A physiopathological prospective study based on clinical, electrophysiological, angiographic, and genetic findings

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Duthoit, Guillaume ^a   Fressart, Véronique ^b   Hidden Lucet, Françoise ^a   Simon, Françoise ^b   Kattygnarath, Darouna ^c   Charron, Philippe ^d   Himbert, Caroline ^a   Aouate, Philip ^e   Guicheney, Pascale ^c   Lecarpentier, Yves ^f   Frank, Robert ^a   Hébert, Jean Louis ^f  

^a Institut de Cardiologie   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔpital Necker Enfants Malades   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LAENNEC   (France)

^f BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Brugada syndrome; Contrast angiography; Genetic testing; Overlap

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M4;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 84884156175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00474     Document Type: Article

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