Induction of ventricular fibrillation in Brugada syndrome by site-specific right ventricular premature depolarization
Masaomi Chinushi1, Takashi Washizuka, Yuko Chinushi
1School of Health Science, Niigata University School of Medicine, 2-746 Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan. masaomi@clg.niigata-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
This patient was a 50-year-old man. Oral pilsicainide unmasked a Brugada-type ECG abnormality and self-terminating polymorphic VT was repetitively induced. The polymorphic VT always developed following a specific ventricular premature complex showing a left bundle branch block pattern suggesting a limited origin in the right ventricle.
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