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Electrophysiologic characteristics andimplications of induced ventricular fibrillationin symptomatic patients with brugada syndrome

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The data suggest that induction of VF by PVS depends on the severity ofdepolarization abnormalities but does not predict the recurrence of cardiac events in symptomatic Brugada syndrome, indicating that both depolarization and repolarization irregularities are important in the development of Vf.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2002-06-05 and is currently open access. It has received 129 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Brugada syndrome & Ventricular fibrillation.

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Brugada Syndrome: Report of the Second Consensus Conference Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association

TL;DR: The present report elaborates further on the diagnostic criteria and examines risk stratification schemes and device and pharmacological approaches to therapy on the basis of the available clinical and basic science data.
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Fragmented QRS as a Marker of Conduction Abnormality and a Predictor of Prognosis of Brugada Syndrome

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that f-QRS could indicate a substrate for VF and might predict a high risk of VF for patients with Brugada syndrome (BS).
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Pathophysiological mechanisms of Brugada syndrome: depolarization disorder, repolarization disorder, or more?

TL;DR: Clinical and experimental studies are reviewed as they provide evidence to support or disprove the two hypotheses on the mechanism of Brugada syndrome that currently receive the widest support: (1) nonuniform abbreviation of right ventricular epicardial action potentials ("repolarization disorder"), (2) conduction delay in theright ventricular outflow tract ("depolarization Disorder").
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Risk Stratification of Individuals with the Brugada Electrocardiogram: A Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: A meta‐analysis of prognostic studies of patients with a Brugada ECG to assess predictors of events found that the prognostic value of an ECG has been overestimated in the past and underestimated in the future.
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Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report.

TL;DR: Common clinical and ECG features define a distinct syndrome in this group of patients with recurrent episodes of aborted sudden death unexplainable by currently known diseases, not explainable by electrolyte disturbances, ischemia or structural heart disease.
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Cellular Basis for the Brugada Syndrome and Other Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenesis Associated With ST-Segment Elevation

Gan-Xin Yan, +1 more
- 12 Oct 1999 - 
TL;DR: Depression or loss of the action potential dome in RV epicardium creates a transmural voltage gradient that may be responsible for the ST-segment elevation observed in the Brugada syndrome and other syndromes exhibiting similar ECG manifestations.
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Sodium Channel Blockers Identify Risk for Sudden Death in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation and Right Bundle Branch Block but Structurally Normal Hearts

TL;DR: A similar incidence of potentially lethal arrhythmias in patients displaying transient versus persistent ST-segment elevation and right bundle branch block is demonstrated, as well as the effectiveness of sodium channel blockers to unmask the syndrome and, thus, identify patients at risk.
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Autonomic and antiarrhythmic drug modulation of ST segment elevation in patients with Brugada syndrome

TL;DR: ST segment elevation in patients with Brugada syndrome was augmented by selective stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors or muscarinic receptors or by class IA drugs but was mitigated by beta- adrenoceptor stimulation or alpha-adsenoceptor blockade.
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