Since its introduction as a clinical entity in 1992, the Brugada syndrome has progressed
from being a rare disease to one that is second only to automobile accidents as a cause of …

Sudden cardiac death occurs in a broad spectrum of cardiac pathologies and is an important
cause of mortality in the general population. Genetic studies conducted during the past 20 …

Brugada syndrome is a rare cardiac arrhythmia disorder, causally related to SCN5A
mutations in around 20% of cases,,. Through a genome-wide association study of 312 …

BACKGROUND: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a common heritable channelopathy. Mutations
in the SCN5A-encoded sodium channel (BrS1) culminate in the most common genotype …

The members of the Task Force on Sudden Death dedicate this paper to the memory of our
former friend and colleague, Professor Ronald WF Campbell. Ronnie spent his life working …

in a superior intercostal space in individuals with high clinical suspicion (aborted sudden
cardiac death victims, family members of patients with Brugada syndrome) may also …

Background—Treatment of patients with Brugada syndrome is complicated by the
incomplete information on the natural history of the disease related to the small number of …

Objectives: Our objective in this study was to evaluate Tpeak-Tend interval (Tp-e) and other
electrocardiographic parameters as risk factors for recurrence of life-threatening cardiac …

Background—The electrocardiographic pattern of right bundle-branch block with ST-
segment elevation in leads V1 to V3 is increasingly recognized among patients who have …

Brugada syndrome is a genetic disease associated with sudden cardiac death that is
characterized by ventricular fibrillation and right precordial ST segment elevation on ECG …