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Javier C Barcos1, Iván A Tello Santacruz1, César Cáceres Monié1
1Department of Cardiology, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
A Brugada phenocopy has been defined as a clinical situation that presents with an abnormal electrocardiogram identical to any of the electrocardiographic patterns found in Brugada syndrome in the absence of the characteristic congenital genetic abnormalities. The first confirmed case of type 1 Brugada phenocopy associated with severe left pneumothorax is presented. A provocative test with ajmaline, which proved to be negative, was performed to confirm the diagnosis. The presence of ST-segment elevation in the context of pneumothorax is most infrequent.
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