True Brugada syndrome ECG or Brugada phenocopy ECG? Can the ECG itself tell us the diagnosis?

Takashi Nakashima; Masaru Nagase; Taro Shibahara; Daiju Ono; Takehiro Yamada; Gen Tanabe; Keita Suzuki; Makoto Yamaura; Takahisa Ido; Shigekiyo Takahashi; Takuma Aoyama

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2022.05.009

True Brugada syndrome ECG or Brugada phenocopy ECG? Can the ECG itself tell us the diagnosis?

J Electrocardiol. 2022 Jul-Aug:73:59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2022.05.009. Epub 2022 May 21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan. Electronic address: takashin727jw@yahoo.co.jp.
² Department of Cardiology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan; Department of Molecular Pathophysiology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan; Department of Molecular Pathophysiology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.

PMID: 35667213
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2022.05.009

Abstract

We described a type 1 Brugada electrocardiogram and discussed about the potential diagnostic electrocardiographic indicators to differentiate true Brugada syndrome and Brugada phenocopy.

Keywords: Brugada phenocopy; Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Hypokalemia; U wave.

MeSH terms

Brugada Syndrome* / diagnosis
Electrocardiography
Humans
Phenotype