Prevalence and prognosis of patients with lone and paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias showing Brugada-type electrocardiograms after class IC antiarrhythmic drug administration but no risk-stratifying factors

Prevalence and prognosis of patients with lone and paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias showing Brugada-type electrocardiograms after class IC antiarrhythmic drug administration but no risk-stratifying factors

Background: Class IC antiarrhythmic drugs, used to prevent paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATs), are well known to effectively unmask the electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern of Brugada syndrome. We used these drugs to investigate the prevalence and prognosis of patients with lone and paroxysmal ATs...

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Main Authors: Atsuko Abe, MD, Tadashi Fujino, MD, Shunji Fukunaga, MD, Hitomi Yuzawa, MD, Hideyuki Sato, MD, Takeya Suzuki, MD, Kenzaburo Kobayashi, MD, Yoshifumi Okano, MD, Kentaro Nakamura, MD, Satoru Yusu, MD, Hideaki Yoshino, MD, Takashi Ashihara, MD, Kazuo Nakazawa, MD, Takanori Ikeda, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-04-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Brugada syndrome
Paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias
Class IC antiarrhythmic drugs
Sudden cardiac death
Risk stratification
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