Clinical presentation and follow-up of women affected by Brugada syndrome

Clinical presentation and follow-up of women affected by Brugada syndrome

Studies in Brugada syndrome (BrS) have mainly consisted of men. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and arrhythmic risk factors in BrS women. Consecutive BrS patients were enrolled from 1993 and followed prospectively. Among 1613 patients, 494 were women (mean age...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heart rhythm 2019-02, Vol.16 (2), p.260-267
Hauptverfasser: Berthome, Pauline, Tixier, Romain, Briand, Jean, Geoffroy, Olivier, Babuty, Dominique, Mansourati, Jacques, Jesel, Laurence, Dupuis, Jean-Marc, Bru, Paul, Kyndt, Florence, Guyomarch, Béatrice, Thollet, Aurélie, Behar, Nathalie, Mabo, Philippe, Sacher, Frédéric, Probst, Vincent, Gourraud, Jean-Baptiste
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Sprache:eng
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Arrhythmia
Brugada syndrome
Cardiology and cardiovascular system
Human health and pathology
Life Sciences
Prognosis
Risk factors
Sudden death
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Studies in Brugada syndrome (BrS) have mainly consisted of men. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and arrhythmic risk factors in BrS women. Consecutive BrS patients were enrolled from 1993 and followed prospectively. Among 1613 patients, 494 were women (mean age 47 ± 16 years). Women were more frequently asymptomatic than men (423 [86%] vs 867 [77%], respectively; P = .001) and less frequently had a spontaneous ECG pattern (107 [22%] vs 398 [36%], respectively; P
ISSN:1547-5271
1556-3871
DOI:10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.08.032