Allocca G, Proclemer A, Nucifora G, Dall'Armellina E, Rebellato L. Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in 'Brugada syndrome': clinical case and literature review.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2008;
9:842-6. [PMID:
18607253 DOI:
10.2459/jcm.0b013e3282f72ff5]
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Abstract
A 20-year-old white judoka was admitted for severe palpitations during exercise followed by syncope. The electrocardiogram on admission revealed a wide-complex monomorphic tachycardia at a rate of 260 beats/min, with right bundle brunch block morphology and right axis deviation. Following electrical cardioversion, the electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm with type 1 pattern of Brugada syndrome. We describe in detail the clinical course, the results of electrophysiological study, and therapeutic management. We reviewed literature data concerning a few cases of 'atypical Brugada syndrome' characterized by monomorphic ventricular tachycardia as clinical arrhythmia.
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