New electrocardiographic features in Brugada syndrome

Curr Cardiol Rev. 2014 Aug;10(3):175-80. doi: 10.2174/1573403x10666140514101546.

Abstract

Brugada syndrome is a genetically determined familial disease with autosomal dominant transmission and variable penetrance, conferring a predisposition to sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias. The syndrome is characterized by a typical electrocardiographic pattern in the right precordial leads. This article will focus on the new electrocardiographic features recently agreed on by expert consensus helping to identify this infequent electrocardiographic pattern.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnosis
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / physiopathology
  • Brugada Syndrome / complications
  • Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Funnel Chest / physiopathology
  • Humans

Supplementary concepts

  • Brugada Syndrome 2