On the intriguing phenotypic manifestations of Brugada syndrome and the diagnostic value of the electrocardiogram.

In 1924, Willem Einthoven received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine “for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.” His colleague Sir Thomas Lewis, regarded by many as another father of clinical electrocardiography, was born in 1881, 21 years after Einthoven, and it is said that Lewis could not understand not being awarded the Nobel Prize together with Einthoven, or even alone. Such can be the greatness and the glory of one person, and so inane can be the stories of others. The reality is that thanks to electrocardiography, both physicians made superb contributions to what would later become the medical specialty of cardiology. Cardiology is unthinkable without electrocardiography, and these 2 men deserve a great deal of scientific respect, considering that 110 years later after its development, electrocardiography still contributes to our medical knowledge.