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European Heart Journal 2004 25(10):810-811; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.006
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Editorial

Brugada sign: a normal variant or a bad omen? Insights for risk stratification and prognostication

Ali Oto*

Department Cardiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

* Correspondence to: Prof. Ali Otto, Department Cardiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90-312-441-4262; fax: +90-312-441-4263
E-mail address: alioto@superonline.com

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This editorial refers to "Incidence, clinical implications and prognosis of atrial arrhythmias in Brugada Syndrome"1 by P. Bordachar et al. on page 879 and "Prevalence and prognosis of subjects with Brigada type ECG pattern in a young and middle-aged Finnish population"1 by M.J. Junttila et al. on page 874

Brugada Syndrome is a relatively new clinical electro cardiographic entity with inordinate risk of sudden death in the absence of structural heart disease. However, the Brugada type of ECG changes have been known for almost half a century and observed in many asymptomatic individuals.1 Recommendations for such individuals in the literature are rather conflicting. Although some authors use the term asymptomatic Brugada syndrome, the relationship between asymptomatic patients with typical ECG abnormalities . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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