Risk stratification of individuals with the Brugada electrocardiogram: a meta-analysis.

Objectives: We performed a meta-analysis of prognostic studies of patients with a Brugada ECG to assess predictors of events.

Background: The Brugada syndrome is an increasingly recognized cause of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; however, there is wide variation in the prognosis of patients with the Brugada ECG.

Methods And Results: We retrieved 30 prospective studies of patients with the Brugada ECG, accumulating data on 1,545 patients.