Brugada syndrome: an unusual cause of convulsive syncope.
A patient who presented with a new apparent seizure was found to have abnormal electrocardiographic findings, with classic features of the Brugada syndrome. He had spontaneous episodes of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, easily inducible ventricular fibrillation at electrophysiological study in the absence of structural heart disease, and a negative neurological evaluation. These findings suggested that sustained ventricular arrhythmias known to be associated with the Brugada syndrome and resultant cerebral hypoperfusion, rather than a primary seizure disorder, were responsible for the event. Patients with the Brugada syndrome often present with sudden death or with syncope resulting from ventricular arrhythmias. In consideration of its variability in presentation sometimes mimicking other disorders, primary care physicians and internists should be aware of its often transient electrocardiographic features.
Paydak
Hakan
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Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH, USA.
Telfer
E Andrew
EA
Kehoe
Richard F
RF
Balasubramanian
Priya
P
Narra
Leela
L
Ezri
Marilyn
M
Zheutlin
Terry
T
Maheshwari
Pradeep
P
Nazari
Jose
J
Wang
Theodore
T
D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis