Radiofrequency Ablation of Asymptomatic Brugada Syndrome: Don't Go Burning My Heart

Circulation. 2018 May 1;137(18):1883-1884. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032624. Epub 2018 Mar 12.
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Keywords: Brugada syndrome; arrhythmias, cardiac; catheter ablation; defibrillators, implantable; electrocardiography; heart arrest.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Brugada Syndrome / mortality
  • Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Brugada Syndrome / therapy*
  • Catheter Ablation* / adverse effects
  • Catheter Ablation* / mortality
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Patient Selection
  • Quinidine / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Quinidine