NICE, FRANCE (updated) — Epicardial ablation normalized ECG patterns in 100% of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with Brugada syndrome in what was described as the largest study to date [1]. Only ...

In patients with severe hyperkalemia, the Brugada syndrome ECG phenotype is associated with a high prevalence of malignant arrhythmias and all-cause mortality. Among patients with severe hyperkalemia ...

This issue has been the subject of much debate and one that is in a rapid course of evolution. Like the long-QT and short-QT syndromes, Brugada syndrome is traditionally thought of as a primary ...

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 ...

Brugada syndrome is a genetic disorder that results in sudden cardiac death from polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in the setting of a structurally normal heart. This is ...

A recent study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in young adults. The findings ...

Brugada syndrome is an autosomal-dominant arrhythmogenic disorder that predisposes those affected to sudden cardiac death. There is little information about its clinical features and prognosis in the ...

A 9-year-old boy who was enjoying a hot dog took an overly big bite – and went into cardiac arrest. But choking wasn’t the cause, according to a case study published Wednesday in the journal ...

Taking a big bite of a hot dog nearly killed a 9-year-old boy in Turkey, but it was a rare heart disorder, not choking, that triggered the close call, a new case report reveals. The boy suffered ...