Brugada syndrome patients have a high proportion of atrial arrhythmias, indicating advanced disease and requiring careful single-chamber ICD programming to avoid inappropriate shocks.
BS patients exhibit an abnormally high proportion of AA. Our data strongly suggest a more advanced disease process in BS patients with spontaneous AA. Careful programming of single-chamber ICD should be recommended to avoid inappropriate discharges.
Pierre Bordachar (Wed,) studied this question.