Brugada syndrome in a young patient with palpitations
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Brugada syndrome in a young patient with palpitations.
Brugada syndrome is a potentially lethal and eminently treatable entity that may present with palpitations or syncope. This article presents the case of a young patient with Brugada syndrome and reviews key features in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this condition.
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عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500014597