Correlation between functional and ultrastructural substrate In Brugada Syndrome

TAUBER PE; MANSILLA V; MERCAU G; ALBANO F; CORBALÁN RR; SÁNCHEZ SS; HONORÉ SM

Heart Rhythm Case Reports

Elsevier

Año: 2016

Brugada syndrome (BS) was reported for the first time in 1992, and is associated with a ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads in the absence of any demonstrable structural heart disease, as well as sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation (VF) 1. Type 1 electrocardiogram (ECG) patent is diagnostic of BS and is characterized by a coved ST-segment elevation ≥ 2 mm followed by a negative T wave in > 1 right precordial lead (V1 to V3) in the presence or absence of a sodium channel? blocking agent, and in conjunction with one of the following: documented VF, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT), a family history of sudden cardiac death at