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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Although the ECG findings of Brugada syndrome were first reported[1] among survivors of cardiac arrest in 1989, it was only in 1992 that the Brugada brothers[2] recognized it as a distinct clinical entity, causing sudden death by causing ventricular fibrillation (a lethal arrhythmia) in the heart. Treatment involves placement of an ICD.
References
- ↑ Martini B, Nava A, Thiene G, Buja GF, Canciani B, Scognamiglio R, Daliento L, Dalla Volta S. Ventricular fibrillation without apparent heart disease: description of six cases. Am Heart J 1989 Dec;118(6):1203-9 PMID 2589161
- ↑ Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992 Nov 15;20(6):1391-6. PMID 1309182