Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram, a sign for imminent malignant arrhythmias

Circulation. 2008 Apr 8;117(14):1890-3. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.746495.

Authors

M Juhani Junttila¹, Maday Gonzalez, Eric Lizotte, Begona Benito, Kevin Vernooy, Andrea Sarkozy, Heikki V Huikuri, Pedro Brugada, Josep Brugada, Ramon Brugada

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.

PMID: 18391123
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.746495

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Age of Onset
Anesthetics / adverse effects
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / adverse effects
Brugada Syndrome / chemically induced
Brugada Syndrome / complications
Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis
Brugada Syndrome / etiology*
Brugada Syndrome / genetics
Cocaine / adverse effects
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Electrocardiography / drug effects
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fever / complications*
Flecainide / adverse effects
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Humans
Male
Methadone / adverse effects
Middle Aged
Muscle Proteins / deficiency
Muscle Proteins / genetics
NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
Procainamide / adverse effects
Propofol / adverse effects
Sodium Channel Blockers / adverse effects
Sodium Channels / deficiency
Sodium Channels / genetics
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / complications

Substances

Anesthetics
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
Muscle Proteins
NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
SCN5A protein, human
Sodium Channel Blockers
Sodium Channels
Cocaine
Flecainide
Procainamide
Methadone
Propofol