Low disease prevalence and inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock rate in Brugada syndrome: a nationwide study
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Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited channelopathy that predisposes to malignant ventricular arrhythmias and thereby syncope and sudden cardiac death. Prior studies characterizing BrS patients have used highly selected referral populations from tertiary centres and prevalence estimates have been carried out using electrocardiogram (ECG) surveys only. We aimed to identify and characterize all diagnosed BrS patients in Denmark (population 5.4 million).
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Europace |
Vol/bind | 14 |
Udgave nummer | 7 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1025-9 |
Antal sider | 5 |
ISSN | 1099-5129 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2012 |
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