Brugada-Type Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Fever | Zendy

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Brugada-Type Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Fever

Author(s) -

Vishesh Kumar,

Neha Patel,

Nathan Van Houzen,

Neeraj Saini

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.000901

Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , emergency department , family medicine , nursing

A 54-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with acute cholecystitis developed fever (40°C) and tachycardia. His medical history was significant for hypertension. An ECG revealed sinus tachycardia, incomplete right bundle-branch block, and downsloping (also known as coved-type) ST-segment elevation in leads V1 and V2 (Figure 1) with T-wave inversion, consistent with a type 1 Brugada pattern. His cardiac biomarkers were normal, and these ECG changes resolved …

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