The Brugada syndrome: a recently recognised genetic disease causing sudden cardiac death.
Australian doctors need to be aware of this little-known syndrome, which is a cause of sudden cardiac death. It is more common among Southeast Asian people, who make up a considerable proportion of our population. We report two cases which represent very different clinical presentations of this condition.
Singleton
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Cardiology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
McGuire
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MA
D000328:Adult; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics