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New Electrocardiographic Features in Brugada Syndrome |
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| Authors: | Antonio B de Luna Javier García-Niebla Adrian Baranchuk |
| Institution: | aInstitut Catala d’Ciencies Cardiovasculars. Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona, España;bServicios Sanitarios del Área de Salud de El Hierro. Centro de Salud Valle del Golfo. Islas Canarias, España;cHeart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s University, Kingson, Ontario, Canada |
| Abstract: | Brugada syndrome is a genetically determined familial disease with autosomal dominant transmission and variable penetrance, conferring a predisposition to sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias. The syndrome is characterized by a typical electrocardiographic pattern in the right precordial leads. This article will focus on the new electrocardiographic features recently agreed on by expert consensus helping to identify this infequent electrocardiographic pattern. |
| Keywords: | Brugada syndrome sudden death ST-segment elevation r'' in lead V1 |