Brugada syndrome in Japan.

Abstract excerpt

The incidence of Brugada syndrome (BS) is relatively high in Japan compared with the rest of the world, ranging between 0.1% and 0.2% in the general population. BS in Japan, as in other countries, is most prevalent in middle-aged men, and has characteristics ECG changes, a high recurrence rate in symptomatic patients, and relatively low incidence of SCN5A mutations. In contrast, both the incidence of a family...

Topics

• Asian People
• Brugada Syndrome
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Electric Countershock
• Female
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Incidence
• Japan
• Male
• Patient Selection
• Prevalence
• Prognosis
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Sex Factors