Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome

Giulio Conte; Carlo De Asmundis; Juan Sieira; Moises Levinstein; Gian Battista Chierchia; Giacomo Di Giovanni; Giannis Baltogiannis; Giuseppe Ciconte; Yukio Saitoh; Ruben Casado-Arroyo; Gudrun Pappaert; Pedro Brugada

doi:10.1111/jce.12359

Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome

Giulio Conte, Carlo De Asmundis, Juan Sieira, Moises Levinstein, Gian Battista Chierchia, Giacomo Di Giovanni, Giannis Baltogiannis, Giuseppe Ciconte, Yukio Saitoh, Ruben Casado-Arroyo, Gudrun Pappaert, Pedro Brugada

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Abstract

Brugada Syndrome in the Elderly Background The clinical course and prognosis of Brugada syndrome (BS) in the elderly is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of BS in an elderly population. Methods and Results A total of 437 patients with BS were included in this study. Patients were categorized in 2 groups according to the age at the time of diagnosis:

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	514-519
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12359
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

ajmaline
Brugada syndrome
elderly
sudden death

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physiology (medical)
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine(all)

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Conte, G., De Asmundis, C., Sieira, J., Levinstein, M., Chierchia, G. B., Di Giovanni, G., Baltogiannis, G., Ciconte, G., Saitoh, Y., Casado-Arroyo, R., Pappaert, G., & Brugada, P. (2014). Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 25(5), 514-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12359

Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome. / Conte, Giulio; De Asmundis, Carlo; Sieira, Juan; Levinstein, Moises; Chierchia, Gian Battista; Di Giovanni, Giacomo; Baltogiannis, Giannis; Ciconte, Giuseppe; Saitoh, Yukio; Casado-Arroyo, Ruben; Pappaert, Gudrun; Brugada, Pedro.

In: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2014, p. 514-519.

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Conte, G, De Asmundis, C, Sieira, J, Levinstein, M, Chierchia, GB, Di Giovanni, G, Baltogiannis, G, Ciconte, G, Saitoh, Y, Casado-Arroyo, R, Pappaert, G & Brugada, P 2014, 'Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome', Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 514-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12359

Conte, Giulio ; De Asmundis, Carlo ; Sieira, Juan ; Levinstein, Moises ; Chierchia, Gian Battista ; Di Giovanni, Giacomo ; Baltogiannis, Giannis ; Ciconte, Giuseppe ; Saitoh, Yukio ; Casado-Arroyo, Ruben ; Pappaert, Gudrun ; Brugada, Pedro. / Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2014 ; Vol. 25, No. 5. pp. 514-519.

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