Brugada Syndrome

Sudden Cardiac Death in young is significantly contributed by inheritable cardiac arrhythmia syndromes .The most prevalent and well-studied of them are Brugada Syndrome & QT-pathies .Brugada syndrome is characterized by coved ST-segment elevation in the right precordial electrocardiographic leads and an aborted sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation in the absence of structural heart disease. There is very scarce data and books written on Brugada syndrome in our country. Many patients with Brugada Syndrome are misdiagnosed even when they present with warning symptoms and signs or after resuscitated cardiac arrest. The fortunate patients who survive the first episode of SCD are also not evaluated and investigated to recognise if these conditions are present. This book is a humble effort to give lucid and comprehensive account of Brugada Syndrome which should enable clinicians to give better understanding of this condition and hence better care to the patients.