Open AccessBrugada syndrome in the elderly
Author(s) -
Giulio Conte,
Moisés Levinstein,
Andrea Sarkozy,
Pedro Brugada
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs415
Subject(s) - medicine , brugada syndrome , emergency department , syncope (phonology) , atrioventricular block , cardiology , sudden death , sudden cardiac death , pediatrics , medical emergency , psychiatry
We report the case of a 87-year-old woman, without history of significant cardiovascular diseases, referred to our emergency department because of sudden syncope.Just after being admitted, the patient experienced another sudden syncopal event and a paroxysmal complete atrioventricular (AV) block with narrow QRS complexes ( Panel A …
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