Update on Brugada Syndrome

Abstract

Introduction: syndromes in the cardiovascular circulatory system are very frequent, resulting in the death of millions of people, one of the least known and rare is the Brugada Syndrome that affects cardiac ion channels, characterized by clinical manifestations such as arrhythmias, tachycardia, syncope among others. This makes urgent the implementation of an outbreak to increase knowledge of this syndrome. Objective: to describe the Brugada Syndrome as a cardiac manifestation. Methods: an information search was carried out in the SciELO, Scopus, PubMed, BASE and Redib databases in the period from March to April of the year 2022. Of 30 bibliographic references were cited 24 references. Development: brugada Syndrome is a rare cardiac arrhythmia; the usefulness of clinical, electrocardiographic and electrophysiological parameters showing an ST segment elevation with type 1 morphology ≥2 mm between the right precordial leads V1 and/or V2 positioned in the second, third or fourth intercostal space, occurring spontaneously from the patient They are effective for a better diagnosis of this syndrome and thus its correct treatment. Conclusions: currently the total number of patients suffering from the syndrome is not known. It was found that the majority of appearances are in the male sex. Affect children, youth and adults over 60 years of age. In asymptomatic patients, clinical-echocardiographic follow-up is recommended to stratify the risk of complications.