Insight into the mechanism of Brugada syndrome: epicardial substrate and modification during ajmaline testing

Heart Rhythm. 2014 Apr;11(4):732-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.05.023. Epub 2013 May 31.

Authors

Frédéric Sacher¹, Laurence Jesel², Pierre Jais², Michel Haïssaguerre²

Affiliations

¹ Bordeaux University Hospital and LIRYC, L'Institut de rythmologie et modélisation cardiaque, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Pessac, France. Electronic address: frederic.sacher@chu-bordeaux.fr.
² Bordeaux University Hospital and LIRYC, L'Institut de rythmologie et modélisation cardiaque, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Pessac, France.

PMID: 23732228
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.05.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Ablation; Brugada syndrome; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular Fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ajmaline*
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents*
Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Male
Pericardium / physiopathology*
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Ajmaline