Brugada type 1 electrocardiogram: Should we treat the electrocardiogram or the patient?

Figure 1 Incidence of sudden cardiac death/aborted sudden cardiac death × 1000 patients × year in subjects with type 1 Brugada type 1 electrocardiogram pattern without implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Cumulative analysis of 1366 patients including and excluding the paper of Brugada et al[7] from Delise et al[24] modified. SD: Sudden death.

Figure 2 Incidence of events (appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks + sudden cardiac death in patients without implantable cardioverter defibrillator) in subjects with spontaneous Brugada type 1 electrocardiogram (from Delise et al[11] modified).

Figure 3 Incidence of events (appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks + sudden cardiac death in patients without implantable cardioverter defibrillator) in subjects with drug-induced Brugada type 1 electrocardiogram (from Delise et al[11] modified).