The prevalence and relevance of the Brugada-type electrocardiogram in the Danish general population: data from the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
OBJECTIVE
The prevalence of the Brugada-type electrocardiogram (ECG) in the Danish population is not known.


RESULTS
Inhabitants from the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, have participated in a prospective study since 1976. Four cross-sectional surveys have been carried out. Follow-up was performed using public registers. At each examination, the participants had an ECG registered. ECGs, showing right bundle branch block (RBBB) were examined for a possible Brugada-type pattern. A total of 42,560 ECGs had been registered from 18,974 participants. 1,284 had been coded as RBBB. Among these ECGs, we found no ECGs showing type 1 Brugada pattern, and 14 showing type 2 or 3 pattern. The prevalence of the total number of ECGs with Brugada pattern was 7/10,000. None of the subjects with a Brugada-pattern ECG died suddenly during follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
The Brugada-type ECG pattern is rare in the general Danish population. None of the subjects with a Brugada-type ECG died suddenly during a follow-up of 6-33 years.
Pecini
Redi
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Department of Cardiology, 2142, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. redi.pecini@rh.dk
Cedergreen
Pernille
P
Theilade
Simone
S
Haunsø
Stig
S
Theilade
Juliane
J
Jensen
Gorm B
GB
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*