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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...