Brugada Syndrome Studies

I like to scan the web for new articles about Brugada Syndrome. Here are a few:

This first study takes a closer look at the presence of these telltale waves on ECGs of Brugada patients. The purpose was to prospectively evaluate the spontaneous ECG changes between diagnostic and non-diagnostic ECG patterns in patients diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome.

They looked at over 300 ECGs of 43 diagnosed patients, and noticed that over time, some ECG were non-diagnostic, and then the waves reappeared. Only one patient showed consistent patterns of the coved-type ECG pattern. This has significant implications for determining relative risk, and correct phenotyping.

Here is another study. Now this link is to another blog. Not to discredit we bloggers, but please remember to consider the source. If an article I site or quote from interests you, please check out the primary source and don't be satisfied with comments on a blog. I'm not a health care professional. Just the mother and wife of two people with Brugada Syndrome! Anyway, the study in this article is interesting because it's a look at 220 Brugada patients with ICDs and the frequency of shock therapy, both inappropriate and appropriate. Seems as though inappropriate shocks happened 2.5 more frequently than appropriate ones. That is just terrible! Still, I don't think anyone wants to consider not having an ICD if you have a confirmed diagnosis.