Electrocardiographic parameters and fatal arrhythmic events in patients with brugada syndrome: Combination of depolarization and repolarization abnormalities

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2131-2138

  Tokioka, Koji ^a   Kusano, Kengo F ^b   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Miura, Daiji ^a   Nishii, Nobuhiro ^a   Nagase, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazufumi ^a   Kohno, Kunihisa ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; early repolarization; fragmented QRS; noninvasive risk assessment; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; FRAGMENTED QRS; NONINVASIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

PILSICAINIDE;

EID: 84901008750     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.072     Document Type: Article

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