Open AccessBrugada Pattern: Unraveling Possible Cardiac Manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Author(s) -
Maria Teresa Boncoraglio,
Joana Esteves,
Francisca Janiele Pinheiro Pereira,
Joana Braga,
Carolina Veiga,
Daniel G Oliveira,
Pilar Barbeito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-4163
pISSN - 1923-4155
DOI - 10.14740/jmc3644
Subject(s) - medicine , brugada syndrome , covid-19 , vomiting , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , pandemic , disease , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We report the case of a 41-year-old patient with no family history of sudden cardiac death. The patient presented with high fever and vomiting and was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis. Screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was positive. An electrocardiogram (ECG) performed during a fever episode revealed a Brugada pattern. Fever can be a trigger for induction of the electrocardiographic Brugada pattern but it is still unknown if the cardiac involvement by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can interfere with myocardial ion channels.