[Prophylactic value of automatic implantable defibrillators: a case report of a patient with asymptomatic Brugada syndrome].
The authors report the case of an asymptomatic 32 year old man with no family history of sudden death but with ECG changes suggesting Brugada's syndrome. He underwent implantation of an automatic defibrillator after inducible syncope ventricular fibrillation had been demonstrated during electrophysiological investigation. The later occurrence of three episodes of ventricular fibrillation treated by the defibrillator confirmed a posteriori the logic of this therapeutic approach.
Boveda
S
S
Service de cardiologie, CHU de Ranguell, 1 avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31403 Toulouse.
Albenque
J P
JP
Baccar
H
H
Galinier
M
M
Donzeau
J P
JP
Salvador
M
M
Bounhoure
J P
JP
Delay
M
M
Puel
J
J
Fauvel
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*