2026 Pedro Brugada: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	101	7810	7341	89	86	954	55535

Overview

Pedro Brugada is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, where their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their scientific work spans several specialized areas of study and topics, including:

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
Ion channel regulation and function
ECG Monitoring and Analysis
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

Brugada's contributions are frequently published in a set of well-known venues in cardiology and electrophysiology. The primary publication outlets include:

EP Europace
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
Heart Rhythm
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Brugada include:

"Enhancing rare variant interpretation in inherited arrhythmias through quantitative analysis of consortium disease cohorts and population controls," 2020, Genetics in Medicine
"From gene-discovery to gene-tailored clinical management: 25 years of research in channelopathies and cardiomyopathies," 2023, EP Europace
Untitled work published in 2020, Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp)
"Andersen-Tawil Syndrome," 2020, Cardiology in Review
"High-density epicardial mapping in Brugada syndrome: Depolarization and repolarization abnormalities," 2021, Heart Rhythm

Brugada collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications together. Notable frequent coauthors include:

Carlo de Asmundis
Gian-Battista Chierchia
Juan Sieira
Erwin Ströker
Gezim Bala

Best Publications

Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A multicenter report.

Pedro Brugada;Josep Brugada

4607
Citations
Brugada Syndrome: Report of the Second Consensus Conference Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association

Charles Antzelevitch;Pedro Brugada;Martin Borggrefe;Josep Brugada

2735
Citations
Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Qiuyun Chen;Glenn E. Kirsch;Danmei Zhang;Ramon Brugada

2408
Citations
Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology

S.G. Priori;E. Aliot;C. Blomstrom-Lundqvist;L. Bossaert

1499
Citations
Proposed diagnostic criteria for the Brugada syndrome: consensus report.

Arthur A.M. Wilde;Charles Antzelevitch;Martin Borggrefe;Josep Brugada

1490
Citations
Sudden death associated with short-QT syndrome linked to mutations in HERG.

Ramon Brugada;Kui Hong;Robert Dumaine;Jonathan Cordeiro

1081
Citations
Right Bundle-Branch Block and ST-Segment Elevation in Leads V1 Through V3 A Marker for Sudden Death in Patients Without Demonstrable Structural Heart Disease

Josep Brugada;Ramon Brugada;Pedro Brugada

1001
Citations
Sodium Channel Blockers Identify Risk for Sudden Death in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation and Right Bundle Branch Block but Structurally Normal Hearts

Ramon Brugada;Josep Brugada;Charles Antzelevitch;Glenn E. Kirsch

992
Citations
A new approach to the differential diagnosis of a regular tachycardia with a wide QRS complex.

P Brugada;J Brugada;L Mont;J Smeets

952
Citations
Long-Term Follow-Up of Individuals With the Electrocardiographic Pattern of Right Bundle-Branch Block and ST-Segment Elevation in Precordial Leads V1 to V3

Josep Brugada;Ramon Brugada;Charles Antzelevitch;Jeffrey Towbin

926
Citations
Idiopathic Short QT Interval:A New Clinical Syndrome?

Ihor Gussak;Pedro Brugada;Josep Brugada;R. Scott Wright

879
Citations
Brugada syndrome: report of the second consensus conference

Charles Antzelevitch;Pedro Brugada;Martin Borggrefe;Josep Brugada

856
Citations
An international compendium of mutations in the SCN5A-encoded cardiac sodium channel in patients referred for Brugada syndrome genetic testing.

Jamie D. Kapplinger;David J. Tester;Marielle Alders;Begoña Benito

809
Citations
Determinants of Sudden Cardiac Death in Individuals With the Electrocardiographic Pattern of Brugada Syndrome and No Previous Cardiac Arrest

Josep Brugada;Ramon Brugada;Pedro Brugada

721
Citations
Ionic Mechanisms Responsible for the Electrocardiographic Phenotype of the Brugada Syndrome Are Temperature Dependent

Robert Dumaine;Jeffrey A. Towbin;Pedro Brugada;Matteo Vatta

717
Citations
Improvement of Left Ventricular Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Is Predicted by Tissue Doppler Imaging Echocardiography

Martin Penicka;Jozef Bartunek;Bernard De Bruyne;Marc Vanderheyden

604
Citations
Right Ventricular Fibrosis and Conduction Delay in a Patient With Clinical Signs of Brugada Syndrome A Combined Electrophysiological, Genetic, Histopathologic, and Computational Study

Ruben Coronel;Simona Casini;Tamara T. Koopmann;Francien J.G. Wilms-Schopman

597
Citations
Genetic and biophysical basis of sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS), a disease allelic to Brugada syndrome

Matteo Vatta;Robert Dumaine;George Varghese;Todd A. Richard

484
Citations
Current electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of Brugada pattern: a consensus report.

Antonio Bayés de Luna;Josep Brugada;Adrian Baranchuk;Martin Borggrefe

476
Citations
Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology: erratum

S.G. Priori;E. Aliot;C. Blomstrom-Lundqvist;L. Bossaert

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Brugada University of Barcelona

Hein J.J. Wellens Maastricht University

Ramon Brugada University of Girona

Charles Antzelevitch Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

Lluis Mont University of Barcelona

Silvia G. Priori University of Pavia

Arthur A.M. Wilde University of Amsterdam

William G. Stevenson Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Karl-Heinz Kuck Universität Hamburg

Domenico Corrado University of Padua

External Links

Personal website of Pedro Brugada

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