Abstract
Brugada syndrome is a little-known hereditary disease that causes severe cardiac rhythm disturbances, eventually resulting in sudden unexpected cardiac death in apparently healthy individuals. 1 Brugada P Brugada R Brugada J Sudden death in patients and relatives with the syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST segment elevation in the precordial leads V1 to V3 and sudden death. Eur Heart J. 2000; 21: 321-326 Crossref PubMed Scopus (41) Google Scholar , 2 Brugada R Brugada J Antelevtich C Kirsch G Potenza D et al. Sodium channel blockers identify risk for sudden death in patients with ST-segment elevation and right bundle branch block but structurally normal hearts. Circulation. 2000; 101: 510-515 Crossref PubMed Scopus (655) Google Scholar , 3 Brugada P Brugada J Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992; 20: 1391-1396 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2681) Google Scholar The following is a case study of a young man diagnosed with Brugada syndrome after sustaining an unwitnessed arrest.
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