Anaesthetic management of patients with Brugada syndrome

The baffling issues of Brugada electrocardiogram pattern for anaesthesiologist!

“…Thank you for the comments on the article, especially from the pioneers who have contributed a lot in defining the disease. [ 1 2 ] It is not only the selection of drugs and anaesthesia techniques that are ill defined but also issues such as the need to do electrophysiologic studies and automatic cardioverter defibrillator insertion before surgery in asymptomatic patients with Brugada electrocardiogram pattern. With a paucity of large multicentric studies on the subject, we feel the decision should be individualised depending on the extent and duration of procedure.…”