Electrical storm in patients with Brugada syndrome is associated with early repolarization

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1122-1128

  Kaneko, Yoshiaki ^a   Horie, Minoru ^b   Niwano, Shinichi ^c,d   Kusano, Kengo F ^m   Takatsuki, Seiji ^e   Kurita, Takashi ^f   Mitsuhashi, Takeshi ^g   Nakajima, Tadashi ^a   Irie, Tadanobu ^a   Hasegawa, Kanae ^b   Noda, Takashi ^m   Kamakura, Shiro ^m   Aizawa, Yoshiyasu ^e   Yasuoka, Ryobun ^f   Torigoe, Katsumi ^h   Suzuki, Hiroshi ⁱ   Ohe, Toru ^j   Shimizu, Akihiko ^k   Fukuda, Keiichi ^e   Kurabayashi, Masahiko ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^l   more..

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Tottori University   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^k YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Bepridil; Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiography; Isoproterenol; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BEPRIDIL; ISOPRENALINE; PILSICAINIDE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRICAL STORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; YOUNG ADULT; ACTION POTENTIAL; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INFANT; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925547749     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001806     Document Type: Article

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