Article
Role of syncope in predicting adverse outcomes in patients with suspected Brugada syndrome undergoing standardized flecainide testing.
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 Jun 2018
Pablo Flórez Juan, García Daniel, Valverde Irene, Rubín José, Pérez Diego, González-Vasserot Mar, Reguero Julián, María de la Hera Jesús, Avanzas Pablo, Gómez Juan, Coto Eliecer, Morís César, Calvo David
Abstract excerpt
Aims: Sensitivity to flecainide testing results in suboptimal findings in patients with Brugada syndrome (BrS), leading to safety concerns. Because cardiac syncope effectively predicts outcomes in BrS, we aimed to explore its predictive value in a large cohort of negative and positive responders (NR and PR) to standard flecainide testing. Methods and results: We analysed the data of 251 consecutive patients, 177...
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