Open AccessClinical features of Brugada syndrome
Author(s) -
Shimizu Wataru
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1016/j.joa.2013.01.009
Subject(s) - brugada syndrome , medicine , precordial examination , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , sudden cardiac death , risk stratification , electrocardiography
Brugada syndrome is a clinical entity characterized by type‐1 (coved) ST‐segment elevation in the right precordial electrocardiographic leads (V1–V3) and an aborted sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation (VF) in the absence of structural heart disease. Since 1992, when Brugada and Brugada reported the first case, numerous studies across the world have characterized the clinical, electrocardiographic, electrophysiologic, and prognostic features of Brugada syndrome. Several multicenter studies also suggested the natural history and proposed the risk stratification for subsequent cardiac events. In this review article, the clinical features of Brugada syndrome will be updated.