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Spontaneous Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia After Administration of Ajmaline in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome
Author(s) -
BERMÚDEZ EDUARDO PINAR,
GARCÍIAALBEROLA ARCADIO,
SÁNCHEZ JUAN MARTÍNEZ,
MUÑOZ JUAN JOSÉ SÁNCHEZ,
CHÁVARRI MARIANO VALDÉS
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb06771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ajmaline , brugada syndrome , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , anesthesia
We present the case of a 13 year old boy with an episode of aborted sudden death, absence of structural heaii disease, and a characteristic ECG pattern of right bundle branch block with persistent ST‐segment elevation in the right precordial leads, in whom a monomorphic sustained ventricular tachycardia developed spontaneously after the administration of ajmaline. This effect may be related to an increased inhomogeneity of repolarization mediated by the drug and demonstrates the arrhythmogenic potential of Class I antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with Brugada syndrom