title: Brugada syndrome in a young patient with palpitations.
abstract: Brugada syndrome is a potentially lethal and eminently treatable entity that may present with palpitations or syncope. This article presents the case of a young patient with Brugada syndrome and reviews key features in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Deanne G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Watrich
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Ivan P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Steiner