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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2009 Jul 8;6(9):1335–1341. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.002

Table 4.

Diagnostic drugs in Brugada syndrome

Drug category Drug (generic) Use
Antiarrhythmic drugs Ajmaline26-29 Maximal dose 1mg/kg
Flecainide30-34* Maximal dose 2mg/kg
Pilsicainide35-38 Maximal dose 1mg/kg
Procainamide17,26,39,40† Maximal dose 10mg/kg
*

It has been reported by Wolpert et al.28 that flecainide has a 32% lower sensitivity to uncover a type-1 Brugada ECG than ajmaline

†

In the first consensus report (Wilde et al.2), the sensitivity of procainamide was considered relatively low.