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The syndrome of right bundle branch block ST segment elevation in V1 to V3 and sudden death--the Brugada syndrome.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jul 1999
Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada R
Abstract excerpt
In 1992 a new syndrome was described consisting of syncopal episodes and/or sudden death in patients with a structurally normal heart and an electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristic of right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 to V3. The disease is genetically determined, with an autosomal dominant pattern of transmission. Three different mutations that affect the structure and function of the...
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