Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 216-217 , February 2010

Diagnostic value of bipolar precordial leads in Brugada syndrome: More accurate, more simple, or more theoretical?

  • Wataru Shimizu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Wataru Shimizu, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565 Japan

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 Dr. Shimizu was supported by a Health Sciences Research Grant (H18–Research on Human Genome–002) and a Research Grant for Cardiovascular Diseases (21C-8) from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.

PII: S1547-5271(09)01262-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.005

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 216-217 , February 2010

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