Brugada ECG pattern precipitated by acute pneumonia: a case report
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1Department of Medicine, John H, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA. sayabusin@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Brugada type 1 ECG pattern is the hallmark for the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome which is a cause of sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias. We present a case of a previously healthy young man who was admitted with productive cough with greenish phlegm and right-sided chest pain which was subsequently diagnosed as acute pneumonia. A routine ECG was done as part of his evaluation and showed Brugada ECG type 1 pattern. He was treated with antibiotics and on follow up his ECG was normal. In this report we present this increasingly described phenomenon and briefly review the literature.
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