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BRUGADA SYNDROME, A CASE REPORT | ||
| IRAQI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-90 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Kais Al-Mudares; Amar AL-Hamdi; Kamil Namiq; Tahseen AL-Kinani; Mohamaad Hashim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Brugada syndrome is a clinical and electrocardiographic diagnosis based on syncopal sudden death episodes in patients with a structurally normal heart and characteristic ECG pattern composed of right bundle branch block (RBBB) and a specific shape ST-segment elevation in V1 to V3 2. The first report on this syndrome was published in 1992, although some reports on a similar condition has been reported since 1989, since 1992 there has been an exponential increase in the number of patients recognized all over the world (9). Its incidence and prevalence are difficult to estimate, however asymptomatic subjects with Brugada type ST-segment shift were present at a rate of 0.14% in the general Japanese population 1, 3. Key words: Brugada Syndrome, Ventricular arrhythmia, sudden cardiac death. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Brugada Syndrome; Ventricular arrhythmia; sudden cardiac death | ||
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