Schizophrenia disorders associated with Brugada syndrome

Ion-channel abnormalities may link the two conditions, researchers suggest
Reuters Health
Man's chest with ECG leads attached

A “considerable subset” of patients with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders have ECGs suggesting Brugada syndrome, researchers say.

Dutch researchers compared ECGs of 388 patients with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders with those of 844 medical students who served as controls.