Brugada syndrome unmasked by febrile illness

被引：24
作者：
Kum, LCC [1 ]
Fung, JWH [1 ]
Sanderson, JE [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Med & Therapeut, Div Cardiol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源：
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY | 2002年 / 25卷 / 11期
关键词：
Brugada syndrome; febrile illness;
D O I：
10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01660.x
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
The ionic mechanisms responsible for the electrocardiographic phenotype of the Brugada syndrome are temperature dependent. This report describes a healthy young man with ECG changes typical of Brugada syndrome that were unmasked during a febrile illness.
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页码：1660 / 1661
页数：2
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