Epidemiology of Brugada syndrome in Japan and rest of the world
Brugada syndrome is an inherited disease that causes sudden death because of ventricular fibrillation. Its prevalence is approximately 0.15% in adults and 0.005% in children in Asia, and less than 0.02% in the West. The reason for the higher prevalence in Asia is likely ethnic-specific polymorphisms...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Arrhythmia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427613000094 |