Background A 55-year-old man presented at hospital with recurrent syncope. He did not have any prodromic symptoms and did not report having palpitations, dizziness or chest pain before, during or ...

We investigated whether Brugada syndrome (BrS)-associated variants identified in the general population have an effect on J-point elevation as well as whether carriers of BrS variants were more prone ...

Results from the PRELUDE registry have shown that ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation inducibility was not associated with an increased risk of cardiac events among individuals with ...

heart ecg arrhythmia The researchers found that the vast majority of patients (92%) were symptomatic, including 29% presented with aborted sudden cardiac death and 63% with syncope. HealthDay News — ...

A 26-year-old man experienced an unwitnessed syncopal event while brushing his teeth at night. He suffered trauma to his head and was found, unconscious on the floor, by his roommate. He did not have ...

Medical research conducted at Chulalongkorn University showed that a considerable number of Thais carry the Brugara Syndrome gene. People with a family history of sudden death are recommended to ...

Careful evaluation of a patient's clinical history and physical examination can help establish the underlying cause of syncope in more than 25% of cases, and can guide investigation strategies in the ...

A 55-year-old man presented at a secondary hospital having had two episodes of syncope over the previous 3 months. Both episodes occurred while the patient was sitting down and lasted for about 2 min.