Brugada Syndrome by G. Dhillon | OPENPediatrics
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The Benefits of Beta Blockade in Bruegada Syndrome
With Bruegada syndrome, a drug challenge can be administered that can effectively bring out the pattern seen. This can be used in cases where the diagnosis is not characteristically noted in EKG or the diagnosis is potentially questionable. The most classically used drug challenge is with prokinemite, which is a Type 1 sodium channel blocker, antiarithmic. A very important website or takeaway I'd like to have from this is the BruegADA drugs.org website. It provides lists of drugs that, if used by patients who are at high risk for cardiac death and should thereby be avoided.
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