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Brugada syndrome in a young patient with palpitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Deanne G. Watrich ,
Robert A. Woods  and
Ivan P. Steiner
Deanne G. Watrich
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.
Robert A. Woods
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Ivan P. Steiner*
Affiliation:
Studies in Medical Organizations, Department of Family Medicine and Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
*
10240 Kingsway Ave., C.S.C. Rm. 565, Edmonton AB T5H 3V9

Abstract

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Brugada syndrome is a potentially lethal and eminently treatable entity that may present with palpitations or syncope. This article presents the case of a young patient with Brugada syndrome and reviews key features in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this condition.

Keywords

Brugada syndromeemergency medicineventricular fibrillationsudden death
Type
Case Report • Observations de cas
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , September 2005 , pp. 347 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2005

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