Quarterly Focus Issue: Heart Rhythm DisorderClinical Research: Brugada SyndromeLocal Depolarization Abnormalities Are the Dominant Pathophysiologic Mechanism for Type 1 Electrocardiogram in Brugada Syndrome: A Study of Electrocardiograms, Vectorcardiograms, and Body Surface Potential Maps During Ajmaline Provocation
Clinical Research: Brugada Syndrome
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Key Words
body surface potential mapping
Brugada syndrome
electrocardiography
sudden cardiac death
vectorcardiography
Abbreviations and Acronyms
BrS
Brugada syndrome
BSPM
body surface potential map
ECG
electrocardiogram
fQRSD
filtered QRS complex duration
LAS40
duration of low-amplitude signal (<40 μV) in the terminal part of the filtered QRS complex
LP
late potential
RMS40
root mean square value of voltage in the terminal 40 ms of the filtered QRS complex
RV
right ventricle/ventricular
SCN5a
gene that encodes the α-subunit of the cardiac sodium channel
VCG
vectorcardiogram
VT/VF
ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation
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This study was funded by the Netherlands Heart Foundation(grants 2005T024to Dr. Postema and 2005B092to Dr. Linnenbank); Fondation Leducq Trans-Atlantic Network of Excellence, Preventing Sudden Death(grant 05-CVD-01to Dr. Wilde); Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences(to Dr. Tan); and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research(grant ZonMW-VICI 918.86.616to Dr. Tan).
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