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- Title
Fever Unmasking the Brugada Syndrome.
- Authors
Porres, José Manuel; Brugada, Josep; Urbistondo, Vicente; García, Francisco; Reviejo, Karlos; Marco, Pilar
- Abstract
This case report describes a 66-year-old woman with severe polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and syncope during a febrile state. The electrocardiogram revealed a right bundle branch block and pattern of elevated ST segment in the anterior and inferior leads similar to the Brugada syndrome. These electrocardiographic anomalies disappeared when the temperature returned to normal. The administration of procainamide reproduced the electrocardiographic changes. An electrophysiological study using two extrastimuli induced ventricular tachycardia. An automatic defibrillator was implanted.
- Subjects
BRUGADA syndrome; ETIOLOGY of diseases; DISEASES in older women; SYNDROMES; VENTRICULAR fibrillation; GERIATRIC gynecology
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2002, Vol 25, Issue 11, p1646
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01646.x