Article
Cardiac histological substrate in patients with clinical phenotype of Brugada syndrome.
Circulation - 13 Dec 2005
Frustaci Andrea, Priori Silvia G, Pieroni Maurizio, Chimenti Cristina, Napolitano Carlo, Rivolta Ilaria, Sanna Tommaso, Bellocci Fulvio, Russo Matteo Antonio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The role of structural heart disease and sodium channel dysfunction in the induction of electrical instability in Brugada syndrome is still debated. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 18 consecutive patients (15 males, 3 females; mean age 42.0+/-12.4 years) with clinical phenotype of Brugada syndrome and normal cardiac structure and function on noninvasive examinations. Clinical presentation was...
Topics
- Adult
- Aneurysm
- Apoptosis
- Biopsy
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Heart Conduction System
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
