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Recovery Following Propofol‐Associated Brugada Electrocardiogram
Author(s) -
WEINER JUSTIN B.,
HADDAD ELIAS V.,
RAJ SATISH R.
Publication year - 2010
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.1540-8159.2009.02589.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brugada syndrome , propofol , cardiology , sudden cardiac death , sudden death , electrocardiography , channelopathy , anesthesia
Brugada syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death that has typical electrocardiographic (ECG) patterns. Recently, there have been reports of Brugada ECG patterns seen in critically ill patients who received propofol, 1 and this pattern was associated with a very high imminent mortality. We report a case in which a critically ill patient developed a Brugada ECG pattern following high‐dose propofol infusion. Once the ECG pattern was recognized, the propofol was discontinued and the ECG pattern resolved, and the patient was discharged home with no arrhythmic sequelae.