Brugada syndrome and its relevance in the perioperative period

Brugada syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, as well as ventricular tachyarrhythmias.The defective cardiac sodium channels result in usual electrocardiographic findings of a coved-type ST elevation in precordial leads V1 to V3....

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Main Authors: Dan Sorajja, Harish Ramakrishna, A Karl Poterack, Win-Kuang Shen, Farouk Mookadam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2015;volume=18;issue=3;spage=403;epage=413;aulast=Sorajja