New electrocardiographic features in Brugada syndrome.
Brugada syndrome is a genetically determined familial disease with autosomal dominant transmission and variable penetrance, conferring a predisposition to sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias. The syndrome is characterized by a typical electrocardiographic pattern in the right precordial leads. This article will focus on the new electrocardiographic features recently agreed on by expert consensus helping to identify this infequent electrocardiographic pattern.
Antonio B
AB
de Luna
Javier
J
Garcia-Niebla
Centro de Salud Valle del Golfo, C/ Marcos Luis Barrera 1, 38911 Frontera-El Hierro, Islas Canarias- Espana. jniebla72@hotmail.com.
Adrian
A
Baranchuk
D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans