FROM SYNCOPE TO ICD: CLINICAL PATHS OF THE BRUGADA SYNDROME

From syncope to ICD: clinical paths of the Brugada syndrome

This review summarizes the evidences in the literature on the management of the Brugada syndrome (BS), an arrhythmogenic disease caused by genetic channelopathies, predisposing to syncope and sudden cardiac death in young, apparently healthy, typically male subjects, in the third and fourth decade of their life.Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined

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A semi-closed recirculating system for the in situ study of feeding and respiration of benthic suspension feeders

Suspension feeding is one of the most widespread feeding strategies among benthic organisms.However, natural feeding ecology and energetics of benthic suspension feeders are poorly known.The scarcity of field methods, apparatus and protocols that facilitate obtention of reliable in situ data has contributed to this lack of knowledge.A detailed desc

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