Fever-induced ST-segment elevation in a syncopal patient with Brugada syndrome
Masaru Suzuki1, Akiko Shiroshita-Takeshita, Tomohiro Kuruihara
1Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. suzuki@a2.keio.jp
Abstract:
Brugada syndrome (BS) is associated with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Although a diagnosis of BS can be made by typical electrocardiographic (ECG) findings, these findings for BS vary depending on the patients' physiological conditions and are sometimes normalized or less evident. It is important for emergency physicians to recognize that the typical electrocardiographic findings of BS are not always manifested but sometimes are only unmasked in the presence of a specific condition.
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