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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Brugada Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Brugada Syndrome
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Brugada Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Cardiac Conduction System Disease > Brugada Syndrome

Preferred term

Brugada Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An autosomal dominant defect of cardiac conduction that is characterized by an abnormal ST-segment in leads V1-V3 on the ELECTROCARDIOGRAM resembling a right BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; high risk of VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; or VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; SYNCOPAL EPISODE; and possible sudden death. This syndrome is linked to mutations of gene encoding the cardiac SODIUM CHANNEL alpha subunit.

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Entry terms

  • Right Bundle Branch Block, ST Segment Elevation, and Sudden Death Syndrome
  • Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome
  • Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome
  • Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS)

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Syndrome de Brugada

    French

  • Fibrillation ventriculaire idiopathique
  • FVI (Fibrillation Ventriculaire Idiopathique)
  • Syndrome de Brugada de type 1

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PZ1M1CCG-X

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