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PMID: 10530545 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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We report on the case of a 33-year-old man with recurrent syncopes appearing suddenly due to sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias. The electrocardiogram (ECG) showed a right bundle branch block pattern and ST segment elevation in the precordial leads V1 to V2, not explained by ischemia, electrolyte disturbances, toxic ingestion, or structural heart disease (coronary and right ventricle angiograms as well as biopsies of the right ventricle were normal). ECG image was compatible with the so-called Brugada syndrome, first described in 1992. This entity is very rare. Missed diagnosis can be disastrous because life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias often develop in patients. |
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Authors:
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D Vanpee; D Blommaert; J B Gillet; L De Roy |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of emergency medicine Volume: 17 ISSN: 0735-6757 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Emerg Med Publication Date: 1999 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-11-04 Completed Date: 1999-11-04 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8309942 Medline TA: Am J Emerg Med Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 601-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium. |
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Adult Bundle-Branch Block / complications, diagnosis* Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology, prevention & control Electrocardiography* Humans Male Recurrence Syncope / complications, diagnosis* Syndrome Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications, diagnosis* |
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