Overlapping risks of early repolarization and brugada syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2139-2140

  Nademanee, Koonlawee ^a   Veerakul, Gumpanart ^a,b  

^a Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute   (United States)

^b Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAINTNESS; HEART ARREST; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; LOW RISK POPULATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION;

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

BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84901036178     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.585     Document Type: Editorial

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