A 77-year-old white diabetic woman was brought to our emergency department (ED) after becoming lightheaded and hypotensive at home. Her routine tests including a chest radiograph were normal. Her ...
We investigated whether Brugada syndrome (BrS)-associated variants identified in the general population have an effect on J-point elevation as well as whether carriers of BrS variants were more prone ...
Brugada syndrome is an inherited disease responsible for a large number of sudden deaths in young people without structural heart anomalies The pathophysiology of Brugada syndrome is unclear; ...
Dear Dr. Roach: Please discuss Brugada syndrome. Three members of my family died from it before we finally got a diagnosis. Where does it come from? -- V.K. Answer: Brugada syndrome is an inherited, ...
Taking a big bite of a hot dog nearly killed a 9-year-old boy in Turkey, but it was a rare heart disorder, not choking, that triggered the close call, a new case report reveals. The boy suffered ...
Brugada syndrome is a rare and a possibly life-threatening inherited disease that puts patients at risk of developing abnormal and irregular heartbeats in the lower heart chambers (ventricles). This ...
Brugada syndrome is a rare heart condition that can make you faint or have a cardiac arrest. It can cause a dangerous heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation, which prevents the heart from ...
Emergency physicians should be aware of Brugada ECG pattern in differential diagnosis of ST segment elevation in anterior precordial leads of ECG and associated VT/VF and SCD. In majority of the cases ...