Open AccessDouble jeopardy: long QT 3 and Brugada syndromes
Author(s) -
Sandhu Amneet,
Borne Ryan T.,
Mam Chandara,
Bunch T. Jared,
Aleong Ryan G.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1064
Subject(s) - brugada syndrome , medicine , long qt syndrome , channelopathy , phenotype , mutation , clinical phenotype , genetics , cardiology , gene , qt interval , biology
Key Clinical Message Mutations in the SCN 5A gene are linked to both the long QT syndrome 3 and Brugada syndrome with few reports describing an overlapping phenotype. We present a unique case and discuss clinical considerations of a patient concurrently exhibiting such conditions with genetic analysis confirming an SCN 5A mutation.