Follow-up from childhood to adulthood of individuals with family history of brugada syndrome and normal electrocardiograms

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2039-2041

  Conte, Giulio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Julià, Justo ^a   Sieira, Juan ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STUDENT T TEST; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PUBERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AJMALINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911368255     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.13752     Document Type: Letter

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