One Mother's Story About Brugada Syndrome

There is a temptation to focus on the technical advances that help protect individuals with Brugada Syndrome from experiencing sudden cardiac death. New types of ICDs, studies about quinine or quinidine treatments as an alternative to ICD implantation in certain cases and so on.

What we can't forget is that Brugada Syndrome is a real disease with terrifyingly real consequences for people who are struck down before they are diagnosed. Since Brugada Syndrome was identified in recent years, the medical community is not completely up to speed on the condition, within the United States and throughout the world.

Consider the heartbreaking story told by this mum in the United Kingdom, and her years-long struggle to confirm the diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome for her young son. From the National Genetics Education and Development Centre.