Risk stratification in patients with brugada syndrome without previous cardiac arrest – Prognostic value of combined risk factors

Circulation Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 310-317

  Okamura, Hideo ^a,b   Kamakura, Tsukasa ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^c   Tokioka, Koji ^c   Nakajima, Ikutaro ^a   Wada, Mitsuru ^a   Ishibashi, Kohei ^a   Miyamoto, Koji ^a,b   Noda, Takashi ^a   Aiba, Takeshi ^a   Nishii, Nobuhiro ^c   Nagase, Satoshi ^c   Shimizu, Wataru ^b,d   Yasuda, Satoshi ^a,b   Ogawa, Hisao ^a,b   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^c   Ohe, Tohru ^c   Kusano, Kengo F ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Electrophysiological study; Primary prevention; Risk stratification; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS TYPE 1 BRUGADA ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84928238189     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1059     Document Type: Article

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