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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. Wilde^a,b,f1, C. Antzelevitch^c, M. Borggrefe^d, J. Brugada^e, R. Brugada^f, P. Brugada^g, D. Corrado^h, R.N.W. Hauerⁱ, R.S. Kass^j, K. Nademanee^k, S.G. Priori^l and J.A. Towbin^m

^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 Clnic, 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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