Epicardial ablation for prevention of ventricular fibrillation in a patient with Brugada Syndrome;Ablação epicárdica para prevenção da fibrilhação ventricular em doente com Síndrome de Brugada

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cortez Dias, Nuno ^a,b   Plácido, Rui ^a,b   Marta, Liliana ^a,c   Bernardes, Ana ^a   Sobral, Sílvia ^a   Carpinteiro, Luís ^a,b   De Sousa, João ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Distrital de Santarm   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Epicardial ablation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

QUINIDINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ABLATION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLICATION; PERICARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84904758430     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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