Low disease prevalence and inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock rate in Brugada syndrome: a nationwide study

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  • Anders Gaarsdal Holst
  • Henrik Kjærulf Jensen
  • Ole Eschen
  • Finn Lund Henriksen
  • Jørgen Kanters
  • Henning Bundgaard
  • Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup
  • Stig Haunsø
  • Jacob Tfelt-Hansen
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).
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropace
Vol/bind14
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)1025-9
Antal sider5
ISSN1099-5129
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2012

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