The Brugada syndrome: pharmacological therapy.

Atrial fibrillation Brugada syndrome Quinidine Sudden cardiac death Ventricular arrhythmias

Journal

European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology
ISSN: 1520-765X
Titre abrégé: Eur Heart J Suppl
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100886647

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2023
Historique:
medline: 1 5 2023
pubmed: 1 5 2023
entrez: 1 5 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Brugada syndrome is an inherited channelopathy with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and an increased incidence of supraventricular arrhythmias, as compared with the general population. For the prevention of SCD, the guidelines recommend the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD); however, ICD does not prevent VA. In this article, we provide a brief review of the literature on the Brugada syndrome pharmacological therapy, mainly focusing on quinidine treatment. The efficacy of quinidine therapy in the prevention of VA in Brugada syndrome has been demonstrated by several small studies in patients with ICD and recurrent shocks or in asymptomatic patients with inducible ventricular fibrillation (VF) at electrophysiological study. Quinidine has also been tested for the prophylaxis of supraventricular arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation/flutter, and in paediatric patients. In these studies, quinidine proved highly effective in preventing re-induction of VF and spontaneous recurrences of both ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias. Unfortunately, this therapy is burdened by a high incidence of side effects, which may lead to drug discontinuation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37125314
doi: 10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suad036
pii: suad036
pmc: PMC10132564
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

C32-C37

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Auteurs

Carla Giustetto (C)

Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, C.so Bramante, 88. 10126, Turin, Italy.
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, C. so Dogliotti, 14, 10126, Turin, Italy.

Natascia Cerrato (N)

Division of Cardiology, Cardinal G. Massaia Hospital, 14100 Asti, Italy.

Veronica Dusi (V)

Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, C.so Bramante, 88. 10126, Turin, Italy.
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, C. so Dogliotti, 14, 10126, Turin, Italy.

Filippo Angelini (F)

Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, C.so Bramante, 88. 10126, Turin, Italy.

Gaetano De Ferrari (G)

Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, C.so Bramante, 88. 10126, Turin, Italy.
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, C. so Dogliotti, 14, 10126, Turin, Italy.

Fiorenzo Gaita (F)

Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, C. so Dogliotti, 14, 10126, Turin, Italy.
Maria Pia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 10132 Torino, Italy.

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