A portuguese family with Brugada syndrome.
The authors present a family with Brugada syndrome, the largest ever described in Portugal. From a fortuitous electrocardiographic finding in a previously symptomatic young man with a family history of sudden death, 126 possibly affected family members were studied. This article describes the diagnostic approach, risk stratification for sudden death and therapeutic interventions offered to this family, and presents a brief review of Brugada syndrome.
dos Santos
Luís Ferreira
LF
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital São Teotónio, EPE, Viseu, Portugal. luispereirasantos@gmail.com
Gama
Pedro
P
Correia
Emanuel
E
Nunes
Luís
L
Cabral
José Costa
JC
Carvalho
José Lopes
JL
Dionísio
Odete
O
Santos
Oliveira
O
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011174:Portugal; D055815:Young Adult