The β-angle can help guide clinical decisions in the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of Brugada syndrome: a validation study of the β-angle in determining the outcome of a sodium channel provocation test.
Martijn H van der ReeJeroen VendrikTom E VerstraelenJan A KorsAhmad S AminArthur A M WildeHanno L TanPieter G PostemaPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
To predict the outcome of provocation testing for BrS, the β-angle alone does not demonstrate strong diagnostic characteristics. However, the β-angle is an important variable to predict provocation test outcome and thus has added value.