title: Atrial Fibrillation and Brugada Syndrome.
abstract: Since its first description in 1992, the Brugada syndrome (BrS) has attracted significant attention from the cardiology community because of its association with malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in BrS represent a unique and seemingly higher-risk clinical subgroup of patients with BrS. Atrial fibrillation represents the most common supraventricular arrhythmia in patients with BrS, with average ranges reported in the literature of 20% to 40%. This article summarizes the current literature regarding the patient with BrS with atrial fibrillation and discusses the management of these clinically challenging and potentially higher-risk individuals.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huffer