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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Historical Perspective

Although the ECG findings of Brugada syndrome were first reported[1] among survivors of cardiac arrest in 1989, it was only in 1992 that the Brugada brothers[2] recognized it as a distinct clinical entity, causing sudden death by causing ventricular fibrillation (a lethal arrhythmia) in the heart. Treatment involves placement of an ICD.

It is the most common cause of sudden death in young men without known underlying cardiac disease in Thailand and Laos[3].

References

  1. Martini B, Nava A, Thiene G, Buja GF, Canciani B, Scognamiglio R, Daliento L, Dalla Volta S. Ventricular fibrillation without apparent heart disease: description of six cases. Am Heart J 1989 Dec;118(6):1203-9 PMID 2589161
  2. Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992 Nov 15;20(6):1391-6. PMID 1309182
  3. Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada R. The syndrome of right bundle branch block ST segment elevation in V1 to V3 and sudden death--the Brugada syndrome. Europace. 1999 Jul;1(3):156-66. PMID 11225790

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