Brugada Syndrome: The Role of Risk Stratification in Selecting Patients for Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Placement.

Brugada syndrome (BS) is an inherited cardiac ion channelopathy that is a rare, but treatable, cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD). There are many studies that explore the management of symptomatic BS, but few trials have been conducted regarding management of asymptomatic Brugada patients. Asymptomatic BS patients are shown to be at increased risk (0.

Predictive tools for clinical decision-making and counseling of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Background: Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a rare disease with a highly heterogeneous biologic behavior. Accurate individualized prediction of the behavior of UTUC could help guide personalized clinical decision-making regarding optimal therapy.

Methods: A MEDLINE literature search was performed on UTUC predictive tools.