Pedro Brugada

Biography

• Born 11 August 1952
• Professor of cardiology and physiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel–Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• 2012 – gold medal from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Medical Eponyms

• Brugada Syndrome

Key Medical Attributions

Controversies

Major Publications

• Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992 Nov 15;20(6):1391-6. [PMID 1309182]
• Brugada J, Brugada P. Further characterization of the syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST segment elevation, and sudden cardiac death. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 1997 Mar;8(3):325-31. [PMID 9083883]
• Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada R. Right bundle-branch block and ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V3: a marker for sudden death in patients without demonstrable structural heart disease. Circulation. 1998 Feb 10;97(5):457-60.
• Brugada J, Brugada P, Brugada R. The syndrome of right bundle branch block ST segment elevation in V1 to V3 and sudden death–the Brugada syndrome. Europace. 1999 Jul;1(3):156-66.
• Brugada P, Brugada R, Brugada J. Sudden death in patients and relatives with the syndrome of right bundle branch block, ST segment elevation in the precordial leads V(1)to V(3)and sudden death. Eur Heart J. 2000 Feb;21(4):321-6.
• Brugada P, Brugada R, Antzelevitch C, Brugada J. The Brugada Syndrome. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 2005 Feb;98(2):115-22
• Brugada R, Brugada P, Brugada J. Electrocardiogram interpretation and class I blocker challenge in Brugada syndrome. J Electrocardiol. 2006 Oct;39(4 Suppl):S115-8.

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