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  • Title: [Brugada syndrome].
    Author: Leenhardt A, Hamdaoui B, Di Fusco S, Extramiana F, Meddane M, Denjoy I, Milliez P, Dejode P, Cauchemez B.
    Journal: Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss; 2003 May; 96 Spec No 4():30-7. PubMed ID: 12852283.
    Abstract:
    The Brugada syndrome is characterised clinically by the occurrence of syncope or sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias in patients with structurally normal hearts and electrocardiographic signs of right bundle branch block and ST elevation in the right precordial leads (V1 to V3). The transmission of the condition is autosomal dominant with variable penetration. Mutations have been identified in a gene coding for the alpha sub-unity of the sodium channel (SCN5A) on chromosome 3 in only 30% of cases. This mutation is responsible for a reduction of the density of the sodium current and explains the aggravation of the electrocardiographic anomalies by antiarrhythmic drugs which block the sodium channels. The prognosis is poor in symptomatic patients and depends on the prevention of sudden death by the implantation of an automatic defibrillator. The therapeutic decision is much more difficult in asymptomatic patients without a family history. The authors propose a decisional algorithm. The management may have to be modified in the months or years to come depending on advances in the understanding of this syndrome.
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