Laura Tonelli, Cristina Balla, Marianna Farnè, Alice Margutti, Eugenia Tiziana Maniscalchi, Gaetano De Feo, Assunta Di Domenico, Martina De Raffele, Antonio Percesepe, Vera Uliana, Valeria Barili, Walter Serra, Biagio Sassone, Santo Virzì, Elia De Maria, Giulia Parmeggiani, Gabriele Egidy Assenza, Elena Biagini, Vanda Parisi, Mauro Biffi, Valeria Carinci, Enrica Perugini, Paola Imbrici, Alessandra Ferlini, Matteo Bertini, Rita Selvatici, Francesca Gualandi
AIMS: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited arrhythmic disease characterized by a coved ST-segment elevation in the right precordial electrocardiogram leads (type 1 ECG pattern) and is associated with a risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. In order to assess the predictive value of the Shanghai Score System for the presence of a SCN5A mutation in clinical practice, we studied a cohort of 125 patients with spontaneous or fever/drug-induced BrS type 1 ECG pattern, variably associated with symptoms and a positive family history...
December 1, 2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine