Emergency physicians should be aware of Brugada ECG pattern in differential diagnosis of ST segment elevation in anterior precordial leads of ECG and associated VT/VF and SCD. In majority of the cases ...

We investigated whether Brugada syndrome (BrS)-associated variants identified in the general population have an effect on J-point elevation as well as whether carriers of BrS variants were more prone ...

We studied 98 consecutive cases of intoxication with cyclic antidepressants in 95 patients (mean [±SD] age, 41±13 years) that occurred between January 1998 and December 2001 (Table 1). No patient had ...

Currently, BrS is recognized as a rare, inherited cardiac channelopathy caused by an alteration of ionic currents that leads to ventricular arrhythmias and SCD. It is clinically characterized by ST ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Please discuss Brugada syndrome. Three members of my family died from it before we finally got a diagnosis. Where does it come from? V.K. Dear V.K.: Brugada syndrome is an inherited, ...

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Brugada syndrome is a rare and a possibly life-threatening inherited disease that puts patients at risk of developing abnormal and irregular heartbeats in the lower heart chambers (ventricles). This ...

Brugada syndrome is a rare heart condition that can make you faint or have a cardiac arrest. It can cause a dangerous heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation, which prevents the heart from ...

A 77-year-old white diabetic woman was brought to our emergency department (ED) after becoming lightheaded and hypotensive at home. Her routine tests including a chest radiograph were normal. Her ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Please discuss Brugada syndrome. Three members of my family died from it before we finally got a diagnosis. Where does it come from? -- V.K. Answer: Brugada syndrome is an inherited, ...