Open AccessBrugada syndrome, Brugada phenocopy or none?
Author(s) -
Kocabas Umut,
Hasdemir Can,
Kaya Esra,
Turkoglu Cuneyt,
Baranchuk Adrian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of noninvasive electrocardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1542-474X
pISSN - 1082-720X
DOI - 10.1111/anec.12470
Subject(s) - brugada syndrome , phenocopy , medicine , precordial examination , propafenone , cardiology , electrocardiography , atrial fibrillation , gene , biochemistry , chemistry , mutant
Brugada syndrome is a form of inherited arrhythmia syndrome characterized by a distinct ST ‐segment elevation in the right precordial leads. Brugada phenocopies are clinical entities that present with an electrocardiographic pattern identical to Brugada syndrome and may obey to various clinical conditions. We present a case of a suicidal attempt using a high dose of propafenone causing a Brugada‐type electrocardiographic pattern. Is this a Brugada syndrome case, a Brugada phenocopy or something else?