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Ventricular flutter triggered by fever in a patient with Brugada syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22305910     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Brugada syndrome is a clinical-electrocardiographic entity predisposing to malignant ventricular arrhythmias. The typical arrhythmia is polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, which can potentially degenerate to ventricular fibrillation. Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia is uncommon. Our group is reporting the case of a 39-year-old man with known Brugada syndrome who developed ventricular flutter while febrile. Fever has previously been shown to unmask Brugada changes and to induce ventricular arrhythmias. The appearance of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia potentially attributable to sodium-channel dysfunction further confounds the mechanism of arrhythmogenesis in Brugada syndrome. This curious occurrence further underlines the likely complex nature of arrhythmogenesis in Brugada syndrome.
Authors:
William F McIntyre; Francisco Femenía; Mauricio Arce; Emilce Trucco; Jorge Palazzolo; Andrés Ricardo Pérez-Riera; Adrian Baranchuk
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-3
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of electrocardiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1532-8430     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-2-6     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0153605     Medline TA:  J Electrocardiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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