This editorial emphasizes the importance of the electrocardiogram in diagnosing Brugada syndrome based on a referenced study.
Brugada syndrome: an electrocardiographic diagnosis not to be missedIn this issue of Heart we have the opportunity to enjoy the results of a study on sudden cardiac arrhythmic death coming from a group with a longstanding experience in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. 1Since the recognition of the genetically determined disease now known as "Brugada syndrome", 2 a lot of eVort has been dedicated to understanding the pathophysiologic basis and prognosis of this and other primary electrical diseases of the heart.Viskin and colleagues now provide us with an additional and very important piece of information.By comparing a group of patients with the disease to a suYciently large control group of individuals, they show that the ECG is a powerful tool to
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M K DAVIES (2000) conducted an editorial in Cardiovascular diseases.
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