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Involvement of the autonomic nervous system is suggested by the occurrence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden death at rest or during sleep and by changes of typical ECG signs under pharmacological modulation of the myocardial autonomic tone.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n                \u2014\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            This study investigated the presynaptic cardiac neuronal reuptake of norepinephrine (uptake 1) in 17 patients with Brugada syndrome and 10 age-matched control subjects with the use of the norepinephrine analogue [\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I]\n            <jats:italic>m<\/jats:italic>\n            -iodobenzylguanidine (\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I-MIBG), single-photon emission CT (SPECT), and quantitative 33-segment bull\u2019s-eye analysis. Regionally reduced\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I-MIBG uptake was present in 8 (47%) of 17 patients with Brugada syndrome but in none of the control subjects. Quantitative analysis showed segmental reduction of\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I-MIBG uptake in the inferior and septal left ventricular wall in patients with Brugada syndrome compared with control subjects (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;0.05). No correlation was found between the findings of\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I-MIBG-SPECT and clinical characteristics of the study patients.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n                \u2014\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            The present study demonstrated an abnormal\n            <jats:sup>123<\/jats:sup>\n            I-MIBG uptake in patients with Brugada syndrome, indicating presynaptic sympathetic dysfunction of the heart. These findings may have potential impact on the pathophysiology and arrhythmogenesis in patients with Brugada syndrome. Future quantitative investigations of the presynaptic and postsynaptic sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the cardiac autonomic nervous system may clarify whether these observations represent a primary adrenergic dysfunction or an imbalance between sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the heart.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/hc0602.103677","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,28]],"date-time":"2002-07-28T23:16:07Z","timestamp":1027898167000},"page":"702-706","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":137,"title":["Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Brugada Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"105","author":[{"given":"Thomas","family":"Wichter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Hospital of the Westfa\u0308lische Wilhelms-University, Department of Cardiology and Angiology (T.W., L.E., E.S.-B., W.H., M.B., G.B.), the Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research 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