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European Heart Journal 2002 23(21):1648-1654; doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3382
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Consensus Report

Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for the Brugada Syndrome

A.A.M. Wildea,b,f1, C. Antzelevitchc, M. Borggrefed, J. Brugadae, R. Brugadaf, P. Brugadag, D. Corradoh, R.N.W. Haueri, R.S. Kassj, K. Nademaneek, S.G. Prioril and J.A. Towbinm

a Experimental and Molecular Cardiology Group, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
b Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, The Netherlands
c Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY, USA
d Fakultät Klinische Medizin Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
e Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
f Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
g Cardiovascular Center, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium
h Divisione di Cardiología, Università di Padova, Italy
i Heart-Lung Center Utrecht, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
j Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
k Division of Cardiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
l Molecular Cardiology and Electrophysiology Laboratories, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
m Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

revised August 5, 2002; accepted August 7, 2002

Key Words: ST segment elevation, sudden death, cardiac arrhythmias, genetics, SCN5A.

f1 Correspondence: Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, M-0-052, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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