Brugada syndrome with monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in a one-year-old child.
A one-year-old child with a structurally normal heart presented with monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. Electrocardiogram in sinus rhythm showed right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation suggesting a diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. At a later date, when the ST segment was isoelectric. intravenous procainamide caused ST elevation typical of Brugada syndrome.
Sastry
B K
BK
CARE Hospital and CARE Foundation, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. bkssastry@hotmail.com
Narasimhan
C
C
Soma Raju
B
B
D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011342:Procainamide; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*
D011342:Procainamide