EP News Clinical November 2021

Miles and colleagues (J Am Coll Cardiol, 2021;78(15):1511-1521.PMID: 34620408) evaluated the presence and distribution of ventricular myocardial fibrosis in a cohort of decedents experiencing sudden cardiac death caused by Brugada Syndrome (BrS). The investigators evaluated 28 whole hearts from consecutive sudden cardiac death cases attributed to BrS and 29 hearts from a comparator group comprised of noncardiac deaths (control subjects). Of 28 BrS decedents (75% men; median age of death 25 years), death occurred in sleep or at rest in 24 of 28 (86%).
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research